Metabolic Syndrome

Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome, abnormalities of liver enzymes and sonographic fatty liver, as well as the inter-related associations in normal weight, overweight and obese children and adolescents. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among a sample of 1107 students (56.1% girls), aged 6-18 years in Isfahan, Iran. In addition to physical examination, fasting blood glucose, serum...  

Background We examined the agreement among the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP), International Diabetes Federation (IDF), American Heart Association and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (AHA/NHLBI), World Health Organization (WHO), and the European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance (EGIR) definitions of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and explored their relationship with the risk factors of cardiovascular disease in a...  

Shift work exposures can accelerate metabolic syndrome (MetS) development among the large population of middle-aged males with elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT). Elevated serum alanine aminotransferase (e-ALT) is a common abnormality of health examinations in middle-aged working populations. It is unavoidable nowadays that a large number of asymptomatic workers with e-ALT may be asked to do rotating shift work on 24 h production lines...  

Longer duration of lactation was linked to a lower incidence of the metabolic syndrome years after weaning in women with and without gestational diabetes. Medscape Medical News  

Low-fat diets may not be right for those with metabolic syndrome. Low-fat diets have been in the news a great deal lately associated with better moods for dieters than high-fat diets. But a new study presented at the annual meeting of The American ...  

Eating a diet that incorporates features of the traditional Mediterranean diet may protect Americans against the metabolic syndrome, researchers report in the December issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Reuters Health Information  

Breastfeeding a child may lower a woman's risk of developing Metabolic Syndrome, a condition linked to heart disease and diabetes in women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that was published online ahead of print and will appear in the February issue of Diabetes, a journal of the American Diabetes Association. The protective association was even stronger for women who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy, according to the study's...  

A research team from the University of Washington (UW) recently published a study in Physiology & Behavior revealing that moderate consumption of fructose- and high fructose corn syrup-sweetened beverages leads to significant alterations of lipid metabolization in the liver. Conducted on rats, the study also noted marked increases in both cholesterol and triglyceride levels in rats that fed on fructose-sweetened beverages. Fructose is a...  

There is a high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in fathers and brothers of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), researchers report in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Reuters Health Information  

Lengthy Lactation Lightens Metabolic Syndrome RiskMedPage TodayThe strong protective effect seen in this study may put it on par with other key interventions to reduce metabolic syndrome risk, such as weight loss, diet, ...and more »  

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Background— We evaluated the progression of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components, the trajectories followed by individuals entering MetS, and the manner in which different trajectories predict cardiovascular disease and mortality. Methods and Results— Using data from 3078 participants from the Framingham Offspring Study (a cohort study) who attended examinations 4 (1987), 5 (1991), and 6 (1995), we evaluated the progression of MetS...  

Are you on a good diet? Exercise a lot but still struggle with losing weight? It may not be the diet. It may be where you are carrying your weight. It's called the apple shape, excess weight around your mid section. This is one risk factor for what doctors are calling the metabolic syndrome.  

Weight reduction in most cases is the answer to preventing these diseases. I have treated many patients who had metabolic syndrome and I have constantly reminded them that weight loss through ... suggest the following: Avoid fast-food restaurants ...  

Obesity is associated with endothelial dysfunction related to decreased NO bioavailability, increased endothelin 1 vasoconstrictor activity, and decreased circulating ghrelin. Therefore, we tested whether exogenous ghrelin may have benefits to improve the balance between endothelin 1 and NO in patients with obesity-related metabolic syndrome. Vasoactive actions of endothelin 1 and NO were assessed in 8 patients with metabolic syndrome and 8...