In recent years scientists have witnessed a disturbing trend regarding the health condition of teenagers. Apparently more and more teenagers are falling prey to high blood pressure. This is reason for worry as developing this condition so early in life can have serious health implications in the long run. The health complications that teenagers with high blood pressure can have later on in life are many. A study of adolescent obesity and hypertension in urban India published in the International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Healthdiscovered that out of 1486 adolescent respondents 7.5 per cent suffered from pre-hypertension symptoms