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Adimekwe, a Resident Cardiologist in the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. According to him, there is an urgent need to promote public awareness of hypertension and to encourage the public to prevent and control this `silent-killer’. The World Hypertension Day (WHD) is commemorated on May 17, every year. The theme for the 2013 event is “Healthy Heart Beat – Healthy Blood Pressure’’. According to the cardiologist, hypertension is an increase in blood pressure to a level that can damage body organs. It is commonly known as High Blood Pressure. “Hypertension has to do with an increase in the level of blood pressure. It has to be high to such a level that it can damage body organs. “In medicine, that level has been defined to be greater than or equal to 140/90mmHg of blood pressure, as measured using a sphygmomanometer, on a person’s arm. Hyperten

Nutritional Tips For Parents. There are some nutritional tips parents to follow aiming at rising up healthy and intelligent kids. 1.    Don’t develop kid with a sweet tooth. The taste for sugar is acquired through eating sweeter and sweeter foods. It can also be lost, usually with some resistance, by gradually reducing the level of sweetness in foods and drinks. This means replacing sweetened drinks with fruit juice diluted half and half with water. Few children drink enough water. You can encourage your child to drink water by putting it on the table diluted juice for the second. Do not give sweets, sweetened foods, cola and other sweetened drinks as treats. Make sure you always have enough fresh appealing fruit for your children to nibble on at their discretion. Send them to school with fruit rather than money to buy sweets. When they are older and have pocket money they will buy sweets and get them at parties. But if sweets, sweetened drinks and foods are not part of their day