Yes, if you’re overweight or have obesity, losing weight can help lower your blood pressure.

Being overweight or having obesity increases your chances of getting high blood pressure. If you already have high blood pressure, studies have found that the more overweight someone is, the higher their blood pressure tends to be.

Studies have found that losing even a little weight can lower your blood pressure. On average, losing 1 kilogram (about 2.2 pounds) lowers both the top and bottom blood pressure numbers by 1 mmHg.

Doctors recommend that if you’re overweight or have obesity, you try to lose weight to get to a healthy weight. That can be really hard. Remember that even a little bit of weight loss is better than nothing. Talk to your doctor about what a good weight loss goal is for you.  

Losing weight can help keep your blood pressure great!