title: The metabolic syndrome.
abstract: The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of symptoms associated with insulin resistance and known to precede the onset of type 2 diabetes. Overweight and obesity contribute significantly to the development of the metabolic syndrome. In fact, weight loss has a huge impact in decreasing the symptoms associated with the metabolic syndrome. Several studies have demonstrated that just by losing 7% to 10% of initial body weight is sufficient to have improvement in waist circumference, dyslipidemias (elevated triglycerides and low high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol), trunk fat, and plasma glucose. This paper underlines the importance of weight loss and type of diet in reversing the symptoms of the metabolic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA. maria-luz.fernandez@uconn.edu
authors.forename: Maria Luz
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fernandez
mesh_terms: D050528:Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D012307:Risk Factors; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology*