High Blood Pressure Education Month

May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month

A press release from NYC.gov promotes the Brooklyn-based educational campaign which will help to educate the community about lowering blood pressure. The release states that:

"The campaign aims to raise awareness about salt intake and its relationship to blood pressure. It will focus on helping people to identify "hidden" salt in processed foods—where most of the salt we eat comes from, and teach practical ways to limit salt intake to reduce high blood pressure (hypertension). In addition to today's kickoff, there will be events occurring in Brooklyn throughout the coming weeks and months. These include cooking classes, shopping tours, low sodium cooking contests at several faith-based organizations, information distribution in collaboration with a major supermarket chain, health fairs and blood pressure screenings.

"One in three Brooklyn residents report that they have high blood pressure," said Deputy Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett. "High blood pressure causes stroke and heart disease, two of the City's leading causes of death. And people who eat too much salt are more likely to have high blood pressure. I would like to thank our community leaders for promoting this critical initiative to keep Brooklyn residents healthy."

For more information, read the full Press Release.

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Posted By: Juliette Aiyana, L.Ac.