title: The metabolic syndrome: progress towards one definition for an epidemic of our time.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zimmet
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alberti
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D009626:Terminology as Topic