Nutrition
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Chapter 11, Problem 8SC
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The blood pressure is a pressure of the blood that exerted on the arterial wall at the time of heart pumps blood in the aorta. Normal blood pressure is 120/ 80 mmHg. Reading over normal blood pressure reaches up to 139/89 mmHg is considered as high blood pressure. If high blood pressure persists over a long period of time it is called hypertension.
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