Friday's 5 Quotes for Primary Care 3-31-2023

Each of the quotes that follow is taken from a study reviewed on Patient Care® during the past week and was chosen for the research team’s passion about the clinical implications of their findings and for their potential impact on primary care practice.

“Primary hypertension onset in childhood is not a benign condition. This is a health problem that is often amplified by lifestyle and behaviors, many of which are modifiable. Since kids with high blood pressure levels tend to maintain high blood pressure into adulthood, diagnosing and appropriately addressing high blood pressure in youth is imperative to ensure improved lifetime health as early as possible.”

“Many doctors and patients recognize that weight loss is often followed by weight regain, and they fear that this renders an attempt to lose weight pointless. This concept has become a barrier to offering support to people to lose weight...losing weight is an effective way to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease...Behavioral weight management programs appear to lead to a temporary reduction in exposure to cardiometabolic risk factors that may last several, perhaps 5, years."

“All major racial and ethnic minority groups develop diabetes at lower weights than white adults, and it’s most pronounced for Asian Americans. Diabetes is a condition in which unacceptable racial and ethnic disparities persist. A screening approach that would help maximize equity would allow broader and earlier diagnoses and help reduce associated morbidity."

“Our review indicates that, while RT-PCR using NPS is the most sensitive currently available diagnostic methodology, the addition of other testing approaches—including collection of different specimens and potentially use of serology—substantially boosts RSV detection and these results should be considered when estimating disease burden and the subsequent economic value of RSV immunization of adults.”

“Most people in the US consume too much sodium. The majority of sodium consumed comes from processed, packaged and prepared foods, not from salt people add to their food when cooking or eating. This effort, combined with the FDA’s voluntary sodium reduction targets, is part of the agency’s overall nutrition strategy to create a healthier food supply, provide consumers with information to choose healthier foods and improve the health and wellness of our nation.”