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Article: Metabolic syndrome: are you at risk? How to know if you are, what to do.(regular diet and exercise will work well)
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- Environmental Nutrition
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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A new epidemic is brewing. Once ominously labeled as Syndrome X, it's now called metabolic syndrome and is believed to affect about 47 million adults in the U.S. You can expect to be hearing a lot more about this increasingly common condition.
Metabolic syndrome was the focus of international attention earlier this spring when a panel of experts released a "worldwide definition" at the 1st International Congress on Prediabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome in Berlin. Until now, experts had not agreed on criteria for what constitutes metabolic syndrome.
What It Is, Who's at Risk. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of abnormalities in how the body processes food ...