India, June 17 -- The scale of the challenge is significant. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that around 1.4 billion adults aged 30-79 years were living with hypertension globally in 2024, and nearly 600 million were unaware that they had the condition. In India, hypertension is now one of the most important chronic disease risk factors, with studies reporting increasing prevalence, including a sharper rise in rural and younger populations. Urban lifestyles marked by stress, poor dietary habits, physical inactivity, poor sleep, and rising obesity further exacerbate cardiovascular risk, especially when hypertension coexists with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or dyslipidemia.

An emerging concern is that high blood pressur...