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Metabolic Syndrome - References

1) American Heart Association article: Metabolic Syndrome
http://www.americanheart.org
/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4756

2) IDF Definition of the Metabolic Syndrome: Frequently
Asked Questions.
http://www.idf.org/home/index.cfm?unode=FB58B7BA-
7B7C-456E-8988-530715F6BE3F

3) “Insulin Resistance”
http://syndromex.stanford.edu/InsulinResistance.htm

  Chronic stress at work and the metabolic syndrome:
prospective study, Tarani Chandol, Eric Brunner, Michael
Marmot, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,
University College London, London WC1E 6BT, BMJ,
doi:10.1136/bmj.38693.435301

Bays H, Abate N, Chandalia M. Adiposopathy: sick fat causes
high blood sugar, high blood pressure and dyslipidaemia.
Future Cardiol 2005, 1:39-59

4) Diagnosis and Management of the Metabolic Syndrome: An
American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute Scientific Statement: Executive Summary
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/112/17/e285

5) NYU Medical Center Patient Education article: “Metabolic
Syndrome”
http://healthlibrary.epnet.com/GetContent.aspx?token=de6453e6-8aa2-4e28-b56c-5e30699d7b3c&chunkiid=163198

6) Wikipedia article: Metabolic Syndrome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_syndrome

7) University of Southampton School of Medicine web page
(Table 1, above is a modified version of the table on this page)
http://www.metabolicsyndrome.org.uk/Definition/default.htm

8) National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Diseases and
Conditions Index: Angina
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Angina/Angina_All.html



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Posted by:  guest  Posted on: 04/13/2008
Great article on metabolic syndrome. The bottomline is small workout 3 times a week should be compulsory for all those who lead a sedantadry lifestyle and this number in rapidly increasing thanks to all the modern ameneties that are at our disposable. We don't have to move much do we - entertainment, music, games, booking tickets, banking or even dating- all u need is a television and internet or now jus the internet as a medium.




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