Q: My doctor told me that I need to lower cholesterol, and she says I have something called “metabolic syndrome.†What is that? Do I need to do something about it?
A: Metabolic syndrome is defined as a group of conditions that commonly occur together in a person who has developed a “pear-shaped†body. Metabolic syndrome means the patient is at increased risk from high cholesterol symptoms, heart disease, stroke, artery disease, and type 2 diabetes. These conditions may include:
- Abdominal obesity with a waist measurement of 40 inches or more for men and 35 inches or more for women (for people of Asian descent, 35 inches for men and 31 inches for women)< View the rest of this article
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