October 1996

Check Your High Blood Pressure Prevention IQ

1	There is nothing you can do to prevent high blood pressure.	TRUE or FALSE
2	If your mother or father has high blood pressure, you'll get it.	TRUE or FALSE
3	Young adults don't get high blood pressure.	TRUE or FALSE
4	High blood pressure has no symptoms.	TRUE or FALSE
5	Stress causes high blood pressure.	TRUE or FALSE
6	High blood pressure is not life-threatening.	TRUE or FALSE
7	Blood pressure is high when it's at or over 140/90 mm Hg.	TRUE or FALSE
8	If you're overweight, you are two to six times more likely to develop high blood pressure.	TRUE or FALSE
9	You have to exercise vigorously every day to improve your blood pressure and heart health.	TRUE or FALSE
10	Americans eat two to three times more salt and sodium than they need.	TRUE or FALSE
11	Drinking alcohol lowers blood pressure.	TRUE or FALSE
12	High blood pressure has no cure.	TRUE or FALSE
How well did you do? Answers

Prepared by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

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