Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice Part 6: Lifestyle and metabolic syndrome

Although there is no clarity on the precise definition of the metabolic syndrome, there is consensus that it is a cluster of inter-related risk factors (elevated blood pressure, elevated plasma glucose, atherogenic dyslipidaemia) that are due to mainly abdominal obesity and insulin resistance, and w...

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Main Authors: Martin P. Schwellnus, D.N. Patel, C.J. Nossel, M. Dreyer, S. Whitesmans, E.W. Derman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2009-06-01
Series:South African Family Practice
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Online Access:https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/1391
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