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According to recent research presented at the American Heart Association's Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2022, Sept. 7–10, 2022 in San Diego, some ultra-processed foods, like candy, pastries, and frozen desserts, may be "gateway" foods for teenagers, encouraging them to consume larger amounts of other unhealthy foods. The meeting is the best forum for scientific discussion of latest developments in basic and clinical research on hypertension and its links to obesity, genetics, heart and renal disease, stroke, and other conditions. According to the research, cutting back on certain gateway foods may have an effect on how much overall ultra-processed food consumption, which is characterized by high levels of sugar, salt, harmful trans fat, and artificial tastes and colors, is consumed. More than 60% of the calories consumed daily by Americans come from ultra-processed foods like bread, cereal, sweets, soda, and processed meats. High intake of ultra-processed foods has be...

Even after accounting for age differences at conception, there are still higher rates of high blood pressure. Pregnancy-related high blood pressure is on the rise and is one of the main causes of maternal death. Premature birth or infant death are all risks that are exacerbated by high blood pressure during pregnancy for both the mother and the unborn child. Black non-Hispanics and pregnant American Indian/Alaskan Natives are particularly affected Compared to pregnant members of the baby boomer age, Gen Zers and millennials have a roughly two-fold increased risk of receiving a new diagnosis of high blood pressure during pregnancy, which includes preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. According to a recent Northwestern Medicine study, this remains the case even after accounting for age disparities at conception. This finding is significant since it is generally accepted that women who become pregnant later in life are to blame for rising rates of high blood pressure during pregnancy...