It is very important to maintain a healthy lifestyle and for children, the easiest way is by constantly being active and playing around and prevents early weight gain. A new study has found that for those children who are inactive or have diets with a lot of sugar and salt, and have excess weight suffer from high blood pressure in nine out of ten occurrences. The new study which focuses on hypertension in children aged 6 to 16, advises families to improve their overall health.

The findings of the consensus paper by heart health experts were published in the European Heart Journal, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).