Metabolic Syndrome: An Important Health Issue in Iran

Authors

  • Amin Salehi-Abargouei Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
  • Mohammad Mohammadi Nutrition and Food Security Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Abstract:

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a major metabolic disorder worldwide which is characterized by having three or more of the five metabolic abnormalities. These metabolic abnormalities include abdominal obesity (waist circumference &ge; 90 cm for men and &ge; 80 cm for women), high triglyceride levels (TG) (&le; 150 mg/dL), decreased high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) (< 40 mg/dL in men and < 50 mg/dL in women), increased blood pressure (BP) )systolic &ge; 130 mmHg and/or diastolic &le; 85 mmHg(, and elevated fasting blood glucose (FBG) (&ge; 100 mg/dL)

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volume 2  issue 4

pages  264- 262

publication date 2017-11

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