Weight Loss in Overweight Adults and the Long-term Risk of Hypertension

Few studies address long-term effects of weight loss on risk of incident hypertension among overweight adults.We evaluated weight loss among 623 overweight (body mass index [calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters] >/=25) middle-aged (aged 30-49 years) and 605 overweight older (aged 50-65 years) adults in Framingham, Mass. Subjects were classified first according to amount of weight lost over 4 years: (1)...