AAP News Vol. 3 No. 2 February 1987, p. 3
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Task force recommends annual check-up on children's blood pressure

Though hypertension isn't a public health problem for children, blood pressure can significantly affect them if it gets too high. In fact, there is evidence that shows the roots of essential hypertension extend back into childhood.

Writing in the January 1987 Pediatrics, Michael J. Horan, M.D., from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Bethesda, Md., suggests the optimal first-line treatments for elevated blood pressure in children are non-drug related strategies.