The internet plays a big part in human life. We use if for work and entertainment. We find advice on how to stay healthy or learn a new language. We connect with family and friends and stay in touch with issues we care about on the internet. But can using the internet too much be and for our health? A new study finds that heavy internet use may be connected to high blood pressure in an unlikely group – teenagers. The study results show that teens who spend at least 14 hours a week online were more likely to have high blood pressure. The researchers say the study is the first to connect heavy web use and high blood pressure. Other research has connected heavy internet use with health problems including anxiety, depression and obesity. The lead researcher of the study is Andrea Cassidy-Bushrow. For the purpose of the study, she said, teens who were online on “average 25 hours a week” were considered heavy internet users. It involved 335 young people who were 14 to 17 years old. One hundred thirty-four of the teens were described as “heavy internet users.” Researchers found that 26 of these 134 teens had high blood pressure. Mr. Caccidy-Bushrow adds that it is important for teens to take “regular breaks from their computer or smartphones” and do some kind of physical activity. In a statement she said, “Using the internet is part of our daily life but it shouldn’t consume us.” She also suggests that parents limit their children’s use of the internet to two hours a day, five day a week.