Even small weight gains raise blood pressure in college students

Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 18:00 in Health & Medicine

As a college student, you may be happy simply not to have gained the "Freshman 15." But a new study shows that as little as 1.5 pounds per year is enough to raise blood pressure in that age group, and the effect was worse for young women.

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