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Article: You're not too young. (includes related article) (High Blood Pressure)
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- May 1, 1993
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Jerrod was tall, muscular, and the best center fielder his high school baseball team ever had. So he didn't give a second thought to the routine physical he had to have before the season.
"You're generally in good shape," said Dr. Parsons, "but your blood pressure is high. Well have to measure it again in a mountain or so."
There was a moment of silence. Then Jerrod told the doctor it couldn't be. Fifteen-year-olds don't have a high blood pressure, especially healthy 15 years old like he was. Adults have high blood pressure, especially overweight adults like his dad and his grandfather. "Besides," he said, "I'm not sure what high blood pressure means."