Elevated Blood Pressure in Relation to Overweight and Obesity Among Children in a Rural Canadian Community

OBJECTIVE: Childhood overweight and obesity may result in premature onset of cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension. Rural populations in North America may be at increased risk for overweight. We evaluated whether overweight and obesity were associated with prehypertension and hypertension in a well-characterized population of children in rural Canada. METHODS: The study population for this cross-sectional study was composed of …