Do you, or anyone you know, have high blood pressure? Or ever been told that you might be 'at risk'?
It is estimated that, globally, 1.28 billion adults aged between 30–79 years have hypertension (high blood pressure) and, because of historic & continued health inequalities, it is Black women who have the highest rates of hypertension compared with women from all other racial and ethnic groups.
Many will be unaware and/or undiagnosed, yet high blood pressure can cause some serious health issues...
As a mixed-race Afro-Caribbean woman myself, and with many of my amazing clients identifying as Black or mixed with Black, getting to grips with high blood pressure is super important to me.
In this episode, I talk a bit about what hypertension is and how to reduce your risks / lower your blood pressure, taking into account the many already stressful and high pressure situations women have to contend with.
As always, I'm here to advocate for women's health & wellbeing!
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