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Metabolic Syndrome

What is metabolic syndrome?

Metabolic syndrome is the name for a group of risk factors for , , and other health problems. You can have just one risk factor, but people often have several of them together. When you have at least three of them, it is called metabolic syndrome. These risk factors include:

  • A large waistline, also called abdominal obesity or "having an apple shape." Too much fat around the stomach is a greater risk factor for heart disease than too much fat in other parts of the body.
  • Having a high level. Triglycerides are a type of fat found in the blood.
  • Having a low . HDL is sometimes called the "good" cholesterol because it helps remove cholesterol from your arteries.
  • Having . If your blood pressure stays high over time, it can damage your heart and lead to other health problems.
  • Having a high fasting . Mildly high blood sugar may be an early sign of diabetes.

The more factors you have, the higher your risk for heart disease, diabetes, and is.

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  1. Metabolic Syndrome (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is metabolic syndrome? Metabolic syndrome is the name for a group of risk factors for heart disease, diabetes, and other health problems. You can have ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/metabolicsyndrome.html - Health Topics
  2. Metabolic syndrome 
    Metabolic syndrome is a name for a group of risk factors that occur together and increase the chance ... Metabolic syndrome is very common in the United States. About one fourth of Americans are affected and risk ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007290.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Metabolic Syndrome (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation)  
    Metabolic Syndrome/Children ... Metabolic Syndrome ... Nemours Foundation ... diabetes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, high blood pressure, hypertension, ...
    https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/metabolic-syndrome.html - External Health Links
  4. What Is Metabolic Syndrome? From the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)  
    Metabolic syndrome,Obesity,High Blood Pressure,blood cholesterol,High blood triglycerides,high blood sugar
    https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/metabolic-syndrome - External Health Links
  5. Symptoms and Diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome (American Heart Association)  
    Most of the conditions that make up metabolic syndrome have no signs or symptoms. But a large waistline is a visible sign of overweight or obesity.
    https://www.heart.org/...ymptoms-and-diagnosis-of-metabolic-syndrome - External Health Links
  6. Metabolic Syndrome (American Academy of Family Physicians)  
    Metabolic Syndrome/Start Here ... Metabolic Syndrome ... American Academy of Family Physicians
    https://familydoctor.org/condition/metabolic-syndrome/?adfree=true - External Health Links
  7. ClinicalTrials.gov: Metabolic Syndrome From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Metabolic Syndrome/Clinical Trials ... Metabolic Syndrome
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...ic+Syndrome"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  8. Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    Cancer--Living with Cancer/Children ... Cancer--Living with Cancer ... Childhood Leukemia/Related Issues ... Childhood Leukemia ... Cancer in Children/Related Issues ... Cancer ...
    https://www.cancer.gov/types/childhood-cancers/late-effects-pdq - External Health Links
  9. GRACILE syndrome 
    ... lactic acidosis with hepatic hemosiderosis Finnish lethal neonatal metabolic syndrome Growth retardation, amino aciduria, cholestasis, iron overload, lactic ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/gracile-syndrome - Genetics
  10. Health Risks of Overweight and Obesity From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)  
    ... glucose, cholesterol, heart disease, heart attack, stroke, cancer, metabolic syndrome, sleep apnea, asthma, fatty liver, NAFLD, NASH, kidney ...
    https://www.niddk.nih.gov/.../adult-overweight-obesity/health-risks - External Health Links
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