Nutrition and Blood Pressure: Is Protein One Link? Toward a Strategy of Hypertension Prevention
Authors: Jeffrey A. Cutler, Eva Obarzanek
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2005)

Editorials5 July 2005Nutrition and Blood Pressure: Is Protein One Link? Toward a Strategy of Hypertension PreventionJeffrey A. Cutler, MD and Eva Obarzanek, PhDJeffrey A. Cutler, MDFrom the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892. and Eva Obarzanek, PhDFrom the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-143-1-200507050-00011 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Understanding the environmental determinants of the increase of blood pressure with age (the underlying phenomenon for essential or primary hypertension) has substantially progressed during the past 3 decades (1). Increased understanding of mammalian physiology, animal models of disease, clinical observations, and epidemiologic studies have helped identify lifestyle factors that likely influence blood pressure in humans. Appropriately, randomized, clinical trials have been considered necessary to validate putative causal relationships. By the 1990s, the evidence was sufficiently robust to justify 4 recommendations for preventing and treating hypertension by lifestyle intervention: controlling body weight (or adiposity), reducing dietary salt (sodium chloride), increasing physical ...References1. Whelton PK, He J, Louis G, eds. Lifestyle Modification for the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension. New York: Marcel Dekker; 2003. Google Scholar2. National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group report on primary prevention of hypertension. Arch Intern Med. 1993;153:186-208. [PMID: 8422207] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Obarzanek E, Velletri PA, Cutler JA. 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Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.Disclaimer: The views are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent positions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.Grant Support: The authors are full-time federal employees, and this work was done as official duty.Disclosures: None disclosed.Corresponding Author: Jeffrey A. Cutler, MD, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.Current Author Addresses: Drs. Cutler and Obarzanek: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoEffect of Soybean Protein on Blood Pressure: A Randomized, Controlled Trial Jiang He , Dongfeng Gu , Xigui Wu , Jichun Chen , Xiufang Duan , Jing Chen , and Paul K. Whelton Correction: Nutrition and Blood Pressure: Is Protein One Link? 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