Episode #218: Metabolic Syndrome in Athletes
Barbell Medicine Podcast
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Is Metabolic Syndrome Severe?
metabolic syndrome also occurs in children and adolescents, but there's even less of a consensus on the definition. Still the prevalence of metabolic syndrome is high and increases with worsening obesity. So this is just kind of foreshadowing like what is one of the biggest factors for developing metabolic syndrome. But it shouldn't be confused with, you know, an individual just has obesity or an expanded waist circumference or, you know,. isolated increase in triglycerides, low HDL, whatever. It's just this combination of again, three or more of these risk factors.
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