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Millions more people [around / abound] the world have high blood pressure. This news came earlier this [weekly / week] when the American Heart Association (AHA) changed the numbers at [which / what] high blood pressure starts. For many [decades / decadence] , doctors said high blood pressure started at a reading [of / for] 140 over 90. The AHA has changed this and said the disease should be treated [soonish / sooner] . It said high blood pressure now starts [of / at] a reading of 130 over 80. Blood pressure happens when your heart [pushing / pushes] blood around your body too fast. If this pushing is too strong, it can put stress on your heart and [arteries / arches] . This can lead to heart attacks and strokes. [Normal / Normally] blood pressure is less than 120 over 80.

AHA doctors said health problems can [happening / happen] at the lower figures of 130 over 80. However, they said it is [possible / possibility] for people to [deal / dealt] with this level of blood pressure without taking medicine. They said the new reading is, "a yellow [light / lights] that you need to be lowering your blood pressure, [main / mainly] with non-drug approaches". People with high blood pressure need to make healthy lifestyle changes. These [include / inclusive] losing weight, exercising more, eating healthier food, avoiding [alcoholic / alcohol] and salt, quitting smoking and avoiding stress. The new reading of 130 over 80 now [means / meaning] that nearly half (46 per cent) of the [adultery / adult] population of the USA has high blood pressure. This [rose / arose] from 32 per cent using the old numbers.