Diet, Exercise Cuts Kids’ Risk for Metabolic Syndrome
TUESDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) — Components of metabolic syndrome that appear in children should be treated by doctors who also must encourage them to improve their diet and exercise routines, a new report says.
Metabolic syndrome in adults occurs when they have at least three risk factors from among abdominal obesity (waist circumference more than 35 inches for women; 40 inches for men); low HDL (”good”) cholesterol; high triglycerides; high fasting glucose; and high blood pressure.
Although sometimes difficult to diagnosis in children, similar clustering can appear in childhood. The report, published online Jan. 12 in Circulation, called for clinicians to measure and to treat the individual pieces of the syndrome in children while intervening to break bad diet and exercise habits.
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