Association between dietary sodium, calcium, saturated fat and blood pressure in obese Egyptian adolescents

• Main Authors: Nayera E. Hassana (Author), Salwa M. El Shebinib (Author), Sahar A. El-Masrya (Author), Nihad H. Ahmedb (Author), Manal M. Alia (Author), Gamila S. M. El-Saeedc (Author), Dalia El-Lebedyd (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Overweight/obesity, high dietary fat, sodium and low calcium intake are recognized as risk factors for primary hypertension in obese adults, children and adolescents. Aim The aim of this work was to assess the association between some dietary factors (fat, sodium, calcium) and bl...