Filipinos and Hypertension

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A new study conducted by the National Nutrition and Health Survey found that 1 in 4 Filipinos has hypertension and are at risk from lifestyle-related diseases like diabetes. Not really surprising considering the popularity of fast food chains in the country and the sedentary lifestyle of most people.

from the Manila Bulletin:

Recent results of the National Nutrition and Health Survey (NNHeS II) FNRI showed that more Filipinos have hypertension, high fasting blood sugar, and high cholesterol and triglyceride levels, which are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and other lifestyle-related diseases.

They found out that one in every four Filipino adults (25.3 percent) has hypertension or a blood pressure (BP) reading equal to or higher than 140/90 millimeter mercury (mmHg), a significant increase in the prevalence of hypertension. In 2008, the prevalence of hypertension increased to 25.3 percent from 22.5 percent in 2003.

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Study: Parents give kids fewer bad genes

less hinky genes? cool! 

This is good to know. There's a recently released study that proves parents pass on less genetic mutations to their offspring than previously believed. I mean 75 genetic mutations from each parent?

Now researchers estimate that kids just receive about 60 mutations from both parents, so that's infinitely better, obviously. Although most genetic mutations are thought to have no ill effect on a child's overall health, thank God!

from the Inquirer:

WASHINGTON – American scientists have for the first time unlocked the genetic code of an entire family, and made a startling discovery – that parents pass on fewer mutations than previously thought. Scientists had long believed that each parent passed on some 75 genetic mutations to their children.

But the result of research by a team at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle and the University of Utah found this was nowhere near the case, according to their study published in Thursday's edition of Science Express.

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