If you have a higher body mass index (BMI) then there are chances that you may have increased blood pressure (BP) too a new study has found. The findings published in the journal JAMA Network Open showed a strong correlation between the degree of obesity and high blood pressure. Uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to several cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack stroke and heart failure. For the study the research team involved 1.7 million Chinese men and women aged between 35 and 80 years and recorded the participants' blood pressure from September 2014 to June 2017. They observed