Parents often ask about blood tests during routine pediatric visits, but pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, clarifies that healthy children rarely need them. She shares some of the criteria for ...

Children with obesity or severe obesity were significantly more likely to have high blood pressure than children with normal weight, based on new data from nearly 1000 children collected at youth ...

(CNN) - Across the globe, high blood pressure in children has nearly doubled over the past two decades. A new study found that back in 2000, rates of hypertension in boys and girls hovered around 3%.

High blood pressure in kids has nearly doubled in 20 years, with one contributing factor standing out. International researchers have revealed the prevalence of childhood hypertension increased from 3 ...

An estimated 114 million children have high blood pressure, with childhood obesity rates driving cases of the condition to skyrocket Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has ...