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The director of the Chair in Cardiovascular Risk UCAM Murcia and president of the Society of Hypertension and RCV has highlighted the importance of controlling obesity from an early age

Obesity, hypertension, diabetes or smoking are some of the factors of cardiovascular risk, as noted by the director of the Chair in Cardiovascular Risk UCAM Murcia and president of the Society of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk, José Abellán, 80% of the adult population of the region has at least one.

These are some of the data that have been exposed in Murcianas XXII Conference on Hypertension that inaugurated this afternoon on the campus of the Catholic University of Murcia and will continue until Saturday.

In addition, Dr. Abellán has stressed the importance of preventing obesity from an early age.

"Obesity in children is increasing dramatically, in Murcia have one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in Spain, and this, highest in Europe", said, and added that the great progress that is taking control of hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, "is overshadowed by the spectacular growth of obesity, which is the common denominator of hypertension, diabetes ... and to be controlled from an early stage"

The Spanish paradox

Other data is striking is that although the Spaniards have

a lot of cardiovascular risk factors, there is a high rate of slippage of these factors, and that the primary cause of death is cardiovascular "are not those who have such dramatic levels Scandinavia, Scotland, Anglo-Saxon countries, of North America, and has to be something to protect us, and may, by inheritance part, and the type of diet and lifestyle, is what we call the great Spanish paradox of Cardiovascular Risk "he said Abellán .

Geriatricians potential

"We geriatricians potential", said José Abellán during the opening of the conference, referring to health care performed by doctors considering that "whenever the Spanish population is older, and life expectancy is very high , which means that we have a huge contingent of people above 65, even over eighty ";

is that this issue has versed the lecture that has given Dr. Geriatrics Service of the Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Leocadio Rodríguez Mañas, entitled 'The era of the elderly, what about the control of his RCV?' .

Polypil

There are many voices that are debating the drugs that are needed to address cardiovascular risk and the benefits they can have the combination of all of them (aspirin, beta blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and statins) in one pill, which has been called the Polypill, "which has been improved therapeutic compliance," said Dr. Abellán.

And it will be one of the topics on which will be discussed in the course of this conference, which is also framed the Fourth Meeting of Pharmacists of Murcia on Multidisciplinary Control Cardiovascular Risk patient, taking place since 0945 h.

until 14: 00h, Friday morning.

They also discuss the consumption of omega-3, functional foods or food interaction of certain drugs.

Source: UCAM