Background: Food insecurity refers to the inability to afford enough food for an active, healthy life. The metabolic syndrome, otherwise known as syndrome X or the insulin resistance syndrome, is a collection of cardiovascular risk factors including hypertriglyceridemia, lowered HDL-cholesterol, glucose intolerance, abdominal obesity and hypertension. Recent studies indicate widespre...

  Background : Metabolic syndrome is a collection of risk factors for coronary heart disease and diabetes with every day increasing number of sufferers . This study aimed to determine the effect of an educational program on improvement of perceived self-efficacy on the control of metabolic syndrome risk factors.   Methods : In this randomized pretest-posttest control group study, 182 women with...

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome is considered as a risk factor for many chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The syndrome is caused by such factors as poor nutrition, sedentary lifestyle, and genetic predisposition, while higher muscle strength levels are associated with a lower metabolic syndrome. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the response of ...

    Background & Aims : The metabolic syndrome (MS) is a clustering of risk factors of metabolic origin that increases the risk for cardiovascular disease . Endothelial function biomarkers and lipids profile determine cardiovascular disease . Aim of this study was to investigate the effect of sex on endothelial function and lipid profile.   Materials & M ethods: The present study involved 77 pa...

Background and Objectives: Since active life style causes metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors to be decreased and considering the increased incidence of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in the middle age, the present study aimed to investigate the blood lipid profile and insulin resistance index among middle aged overweight athletic women in rhythmic aerobics and yoga. Materials a...