{"id":48413,"date":"2015-05-08T13:17:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T05:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=48413"},"modified":"2015-05-08T13:17:11","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T05:17:11","slug":"prevention-of-hypertension-problems-starts-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/08\/prevention-of-hypertension-problems-starts-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevention of hypertension problems starts at home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA — Prevention of hypertension or high blood pressure should start at home and initiated by parents.<\/p>\n

In a health forum about hypertension conducted by the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) on Tuesday, Dr. Deborah Ignacia David-Ona of St. Lukes and member of Philippine Hypertension Society said that parents should begin teaching the children in their very own home.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is in our home where we should begin implanting to our children to prevent the fate of developing hypertension especially if they are prone to it due to genetic factors,\u201d said Dr. David-Ona in the health forum held at Annabel\u201ds Restaurant in Tomas Morato, Quezon City.<\/p>\n

David-Ona cited that prevention should further be strengthened if one is at risk of developing hypertension which can be triggered by wrong lifestyle and influence from environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cParents should help their children not to arrive at that fate of having hypertension such as stroke, heart attack and kidney problems,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

She added that such can be done by teaching healthy lifestyle while the children are young such as giving the right kind of diet and physical activities for their children so that they will not develop obesity problems that could lead to hypertension.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is just a matter of discipline\u2026And mother has a big role on that because she is the one who goes to grocery and purchase the foods that she will prepare for her children,\u201d the doctor said.<\/p>\n

She cited as an example herself when she said that as a mother she refuses to purchase \u201cunhealthy foods\u201d for her children such as junk foods.<\/p>\n

Dr. Leilani Mercado-Asis, endocrinologist, internist and hypertension specialist, and vice president of PSH added that children often become obese because of the parents way of rewarding them.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes the parents bring them to fast foods\u2026so the result is they get fat and obese which is one factor in developing hypertension,\u201d Dr. Mercado explained.<\/p>\n

She said that internet can also help in terms of prevention of hypertension in the sense that it is easier now to access application like calorie counts, exercises or physical activities, that teaches about healthy lifestyles and prevention of hypertension.<\/p>\n

However, Dr. Lynn Gomez, nephrologist, internist, and hypertension specialist and president of PSH said that while the internet access has an advantage, it also has disadvantage as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to exposure to internet, children lifestyle becomes sedentary,\u201d Dr. Gomez added as she added that it is noticeable that children nowadays seldom engages in physical activities which was being played many years ago that requires more physical movements.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey no longer play \u201cpiko\u201d, \u201cchako\u201d and the likes that were being played before. Most of them are busy in watching television or using their gadgets,\u201d Gomez added.<\/p>\n

She said that it is important to teach children how to take care of their health.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that the youth is the hope of our nation. If we will take care of the health of our youth, we will be taking care of the health of the nation.<\/p>\n

She said that there should be legislation on labeling of foods wherein the \u201cgood food\u201d (good for the body) will be cheaper to purchase while the \u201cbad ones\u201d (bad for the health) will be sold at higher price.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to be innovative,\u201d she added that in her travel to Australia she had seen how the foods sold are labeled in a grocery.<\/p>\n

She also said that as what she observed the bad foods are sold higher.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we want to emphasize here is the idea that why we should purchased an expensive food that is not good for our body or can have negative effects on our health,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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