Researchers checked 5,000 students and found 156 had bad blood pressure. Half of that group received the meditation sessions and the other half, a control group, were placed in health education classes. All students wore blood pressure monitors 24 hours a day.
The control group did not have any reduction in blood pressure, according to the study in the American Journal of Hypertension.
Besides reducing their blood pressure, students who meditated also had lower rates of absenteeism, school rule violations and suspensions than those in the control group.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says one in four adults have hypertension, which is a risk factor for heart attack and stroke, and teens who have higher-than-normal blood pressure are more likely to develop the chronic disease when they get older.
Meditation might be included in the school day as a program for reducing stress in the schools.
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