Recently, two leading heart organizations changed the definition of what it means to have high blood pressure. Because of this change, the number of Americans with high blood pressure jumped from 32 percent to 46 percent. Doctors at the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology now classify anyone with a blood pressure reading of 130 over 80 as having high blood pressure. Before, the cutoffs for high blood pressure had been a top number of 140 and a lower number of 90. Health experts at the website Science Daily say blood pressure is defined by two numbers. The top number, called systolic, represents the force with which your heart pumps blood into the blood vessels. The bottom, called diastolic, is a measure of the resistance to the blood flow in the body's blood vessels. The American Heart Association says the new guidelines are designed to help people take steps to control their blood pressure earlier.
Title: US Changes Definition for High Blood Pressure
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2218/high_blood_pressure.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title=' US Changes Definition for High Blood Pressure' data-article-id='2735'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9083'>Recently, two leading heart organizations changed the definition of what it means to have high blood pressure.</span> <span data-start-time='9083' data-end-time='20813'>Because of this change, the number of Americans with high blood pressure jumped from 32 percent to 46 percent.</span> <span data-start-time='20813' data-end-time='37708'>Doctors at the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology now classify anyone with a blood pressure reading of 130 over 80 as having high blood pressure.</span> <span data-start-time='37708' data-end-time='47542'>Before, the cutoffs for high blood pressure had been a top number of 140 and a lower number of 90.</span> <span data-start-time='47542' data-end-time='56333'>Health experts at the website Science Daily say blood pressure is defined by two numbers.</span> <span data-start-time='56333' data-end-time='66083'>The top number, called systolic, represents the force with which your heart pumps blood into the blood vessels.</span> <span data-start-time='66083' data-end-time='75271'>The bottom, called diastolic, is a measure of the resistance to the blood flow in the body's blood vessels.</span> <span data-start-time='75271' data-end-time='85542'>The American Heart Association says the new guidelines are designed to help people take steps to control their blood pressure earlier.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2218/high_blood_pressure.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=9708 data-hint-location='66083' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2218/what_does_resistance_mean.m4a'>What does resistance 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2218/a_force_that_pushes_one_object_against_another_object.m4a'><span>a force that pushes one object against another object</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=9709 data-hint-location='47542' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2218/according_to_health_experts_how_many_numbers_define_blood_pressure.m4a'>According to health experts, how many numbers define blood pressure?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='2'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2218/4.m4a'><span>4</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2218/3.m4a'><span>3</span></div><div class='choice' 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