Connection elucidated between obesity, salt sensitivity and high blood pressure

Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 12:10 in Health & Medicine

One way obese people become salt sensitive and hypertensive has been identified. Researchers have documented a chain of events in which excess inflammatory factors resulting from excess fat cause the body to retain more sodium and, consequently, more fluid and higher blood pressure.

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