A frenetic pace of life, long working hours and irregular food habits are the main causes for young professionals increasingly developing high blood pressure, commonly known as hypertension.

According to a recent study, Dr VV Muthusamy, chief cardiologist and medical director of Sugapriya Hospital in Madurai and the director of World Hypertension League, says there has been a 20 per cent increase in the number of young professionals who have been diagnosed with the condition as compared to the
year 2002.