A new Italian study shows that about half of overweight people with stage 1 hypertension or high blood pressure (or blood pressure) can normalize their blood pressure by losing just 5 to 12% of their weight and making return their body mass index in the standard. RegimesMaigrir.com remind you that the terms "overweight" and "obese" are defined by calculating the Body Mass Index (BMI). The study was led by Roberto Fogars and his colleagues at the University of Pavia (Pavia, Italy) and presented at the 62nd Research Conference on Hypertension in Atlanta (United States). The study aimed to evaluate the role of weight loss on the values of blood pressure in overweight people with stage 1 hypertension,

and who never received medication to treat their hypertension problems. The study involved 189 overweight people (body mass index or BMI between 25 to 29.9) with stage 1 hypertension also (systolic blood pressure between 140 and 159 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure between 90 and 99 mmHg) . Participants received advice of diet and / or 120 to 360 mg of Orlistat (slimming drug) per day to lose 5% of their body weight in 6 months. Others who managed to lose 5% of body weight continued treatment for another 6 months and their blood pressure and body weight were measured every month. At the base of 6 and 12 months of treatment, the change in blood pressure was evaluated every 24 hours and blood samples were collected for various blood tests. 111 participants (59% of study subjects) were able to lose 5% of their body weight. People who have lost these kg also decreased hypertension. More people lose weight, the more they reduced their hypertension. Among those who lost 5% of their weight, 48% had normalized their BMI, 53% had normalized their blood pressure. The test results are not conclusive.