Metabolic syndrome is also known as syndrome X, has become more common as the number of overweight and obese people rises. If a person has more than 3 or more symptoms such as a large waistline, high blood pressure, raised insulin levels, excess body weight and abnormal cholesterol levels are said to possess the syndrome.
Research shows that youngsters in Europe are catching up with their counterparts in the United States, with some 2 million children are affected by syndrome X.
In the European Union, there are 900,000 children have high cholesterol, 520,000 suffer from high blood pressure, and 90,000 have impaired glucose intolerance, a pre-diabetic condition.
Metabolic syndrome can result from unhealthy diet, inactivity, genetic factors, and being overweight or obese. Each component of the syndrome can raise the risk of developing one or more diseases. In general, the more component people have, the higher the risk to their health.
People with syndrome X are 3 times more likely to have a heart attack and stroke and 5 times greater risk of getting Type 2 diabetes, as compared to healthy people.
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