Sentences with phrase «by abdominal obesity»

Diabetes is also associated with metabolic syndrome, a medical disorder characterized by abdominal obesity, high fasting sugars, high triglycerides, and high blood pressure.

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In older populations, abdominal obesity assessed by waist circumference22 - 24 has been a better mortality predictor than BMI.

A recent study by Roland Rosmond and Per Bjourntorp found that stress - related cortisol secretion in men is strongly associated with abnormalities in glucose, insulin and lipid metabolism as well as abdominal obesity.

Plant - based diets appear to protect against metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X, which is characterized by the so - called «deadly quartet,» abdominal obesity, high fasting sugars, high triglycerides, and high blood pressure.

Plant - based diets appear to protect against metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X, which is characterized by the so - called «deadly quartet» — abdominal obesity, high fasting sugars, high triglycerides, and high blood pressure.

By the 1980s, other related conditions, including increased abdominal fat, obesity and high blood triglycerides, had been tied together in the same common thread by a condition called insulin resistance.2 Recognition that insulin resistance is a spectrum disorder was first proposed in 1979.3 This is a serious problem seen as the earliest manifestation of what became known in the 1990s as metabolic syndrome, 4 and which today incorporates all the above conditionBy the 1980s, other related conditions, including increased abdominal fat, obesity and high blood triglycerides, had been tied together in the same common thread by a condition called insulin resistance.2 Recognition that insulin resistance is a spectrum disorder was first proposed in 1979.3 This is a serious problem seen as the earliest manifestation of what became known in the 1990s as metabolic syndrome, 4 and which today incorporates all the above conditionby a condition called insulin resistance.2 Recognition that insulin resistance is a spectrum disorder was first proposed in 1979.3 This is a serious problem seen as the earliest manifestation of what became known in the 1990s as metabolic syndrome, 4 and which today incorporates all the above conditions.

But although beer is not a special problem, it can add to abdominal obesity by contributing calories.

Originally, Syndrome X was defined by four characteristics: (1) abdominal obesity, (2) elevated levels of triglycerides and low levels of high - density lipoproteins (HDL, or the «good» cholesterol), (3) hypertension, and (4) insulin resistance.

Due to their high content of monounsaturated fats, avocados have the potential to help with weight management and reduce symptoms of metabolic syndrome, a condition generally defined by a combined risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease due to abdominal obesity, hypertension, high cholesterol and high blood sugar.

This is in line with earlier research (3,4) and could be explained by the strong independent effect of abdominal obesity on type 2 diabetes risk and the positive correlation of protein intake with overweight and obesity (31).

Both TV viewing time and non-TV sedentary time were associated with increased risk of abdominal obesity defined by large WC (table 6).