Weight gain and blood pressure

Objective: Although the causality of the obesity--hypertension association is established, the potential for prevention is not. We hypothesized that weight gain between early adulthood and mid-life is associated with higher mid-life blood pressure. Methods: We investigated the hypothesis using a large contemporaneous population-based mid-life cohort of men and women aged 50–64 years. Recalled body weight at age 20 years was self-reported, and...