Question; Define and explain The Metabolic Syndrome and the many names of the syndrome. by Charlotte Dahl

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of abnormalities. It includes impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glycemia), Insulin resistance, central obesity, and hypertension.

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Metabolic syndrome is a result of increasing prevalence of obesity and it is a combination of disorders.

Names: syndrome X, insulin resistance, deadly quartet

It's a cluster of risk factors that increase your risk of premature death.

2015-04-20 12:21:04 UTC

Metabolic syndrome is a combination of overweight (ab, hypertension, elevated fasting plasma glucose and a high level of triglycerides

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Increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

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It is also called "Insulin resistance syndrome"

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Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors that raises your risk for heart disease, diabetes and stroke

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metabolic risk factors:

- a large waist line

- high triglycerides level

- low HDL cholesterol level

- high blood pressure

- high fasting blood sugar

2015-04-20 12:22:03 UTC

Combination of abdominal obesity, elevated blood pressure, elevated fasting glucose, hight amount of triglycerides in the blood stream, physical inactivity and elevated LDL/low HDL cholesterol

2015-04-20 12:23:51 UTC