Is YOUR blood pressure past 130/80? You have hypertension: New guidelines lower the threshold from 140 – meaning HALF of US adults need help

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New medical guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition. 

That means now nearly half of US adults have stage 1 hypertension and need to make urgent lifestyle changes to bring that number down.

High pressure has long meant a top reading of at least 140 or a bottom one of 90, but that has dropped to 130/80, according to a report published by the American Heart Association on Monday.

The change reclassifies 14 percent of US adults, who were once deemed ‘high normal’ and now have a more critical diagnosis.

Experts have hailed the shift amid swelling obesity rates and poor nutrition. 

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