Reducing body fat lowers blood pressure even without a change in body weight according to a 1998 study. People who reduced their percent body fat by 2 percent reduced their blood pressure by 8/6 points after one year from 149/92 to 141/86 mm Hg. However, in patients who had a similar reduction in body fat without a change in body weight had a similar reduction in blood pressure of 11/6 from 151/93 to 140/87 mm Hg. This suggests that it is excess body fat rather than body weight that causes elevated blood pressure.
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