Article: Syndrome X.(Opinion & Editorial)

"Outside every fat man there was an even fatter man trying to close in."

Kingsley Amis (1922-1995),

British novelist

One Fat Englishman, ch. 3 (1963)

YOU could say "Syndrome X" is an invention of overactive medical minds.

But then again, a doctor, after seeing patient after patient complaining of similar problems and presenting with similar symptoms, notices an emerging pattern. "Theres something going on here"

Metabolic syndrome. The other name for Syndrome X is the plain "metabolic syndrome." It is not a disease by itself but a cluster of disorders that together can result in Type 2 diabetes, a heart attack, or a ...

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