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What Is New in the Non-pharmacological Approaches to Hypertension Control

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Non-pharmacological approaches to hypertension control will be shared in this chapter. Lifestyle modification discussed includes diet, dietary sodium restriction, smoking, alcohol intake, weight loss, and physical activity.

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  1. Ambulatory Care, Pharmacy, Singapore, Singapore

    Kwee Keng Kng

  2. Internal Medicine, Vascular Medicine and Hypertension, Singapore, Singapore

    Ashish Anil Sule

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  1. Apollo Hospitals, Apollo Institute for Blood Pressure Management, Hyderabad, India

    C. Venkata S. Ram

  2. Head, Division of Nephrology Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin Sch of Med Natl Univ of Sin, Singapore, Singapore

    Boon Wee Jimmy Teo

  3. Department of Cardiology, Hero DMC Heart Institute, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

    Gurpreet S. Wander

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Kng, K.K., Sule, A.A. (2022). What Is New in the Non-pharmacological Approaches to Hypertension Control. In: Ram, C.V.S., Teo, B.W.J., Wander, G.S. (eds) Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease in Asia. Updates in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95734-6_8

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