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| Metabolic Syndrome |
The term metabolic syndrome began aggressively buzzed in recent years. This is because increasing the people who are overweight (obesity). Someone is said to have metabolic syndrome if there is at least 3 following signs of high blood triglycerides, high blood sugar levels, HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) is low in the blood, high blood pressure and a large waist circumference.
Adolescents who experience excessive weight and obesity, a third was apparently suffering from metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome will improve a person's risk for heart disease and diabetes mellitus (diabetes).
From the data obtained in 1988 until 1994, a total of 2000 adolescents aged between 12 to 19 years in America, looks 63% found at least one sign of metabolic syndrome and 9% of which were included in the category of metabolic syndrome. And what about the youth in Indonesia? Viewing the current developments, where the trend of Indonesian youth are experiencing increasing obesity, metabolic syndrome is of course already suffered too much. Just how big presentasenya unknown.
These teenagers need special attention and immediately began to take measures to reduce the risk of these metabolic diseases. Because it is not impossible that someday they will suffer from these diseases.
Source: Journal Circulation
