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Objective: to evaluate the nutritional behavior of medical students regarding junk food intake in relation with the metabolic syndrome (MS). Material and Method: 235 medical students completed a food frequency questionnaire; MS risk factors were recorded. Junk food was grouped in 5 categories, according to the predominant nutrient in its compositio...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the association between macronutrient composition and metabolic syndrome (MetS) incidence in Korean adults. Data were obtained from a cohort of 10,030 members aged 40 to 69 years who were enrolled from the 2 cities (Ansung and Ansan) between 2001 and 2002 to participate in the Korean Genome Epidemiology Stud...
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Carbohydrates consist of a large proportion of calories in the Asian diet. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the association between carbohydrate intake and metabolic syndrome in Korean women. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted with a total of 4294 Korean women aged 40–69 years from the Korean Genomic and Epidemiology Study (KoGES). Carbohyd...
Background:
Epidemiological studies have shown that consumption of dairy product plays an important role in prevention and treatment of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS).
Objectives:
The objective of this study was to examine the association of dairy intake with MetS and its components in Tehranian adolescents.
Patients and methods:
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... The 2 latest components of the metabolic syndrome are easily measured in clinical practice and, based on their correlation with HOMA-IR, whenever abnormal values are found, a lifestyle intervention should be started, even in young non obese individuals. As previously reported by us, in this population, the western type diet is frequent with 97% of persons not fully complying to the WHO recommendations (34) and no correlation between physical activity and WC was found in men; a weak, but significant one has been found in women (35). ...
Context:
The metabolic syndrome is a profound, systemic impairment of the metabolism of lipids, carbohydrates and branched amino-acids, affecting specially obese people. Recently, many studies outlined the presence of the metabolic syndrome, also in non obese persons.
Objective and design:
To assess the relationship between insulin resistance and the cardiovascular component of the metabolic syndrome in a group of young, non obese subjects using a cross sectional study.
Subjects and methods:
We enrolled 103 subjects with body mass index < 30 Kg/m2, without metabolic syndrome to whom fasting glucose, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, insulinemia, waist circumference and arterial pressure were recorded in a cross-sectional approach. Insulin resistance was evaluated using the homeostasis model assessment for insulin (HOMA-IR) index. Statistic data processing included Pearson relation and multiple regression (backward method), using the SPSS version 21 software.
Results:
A significant relationship between waist circumference, diastolic blood pressure and HOMA-IR is found. High value of HOMA-IR (>2.6) was more frequently in men (p=0.011). The incidence of the 2 metabolic components mentioned above was higher in the high value HOMA-IR group: 33% vs. 7% in women and 50% vs. 4% in men. Multiple regression showed a strong correlation between HOMA-IR and waist circumference (p<0.001) and diastolic blood pressure (p=0.008) that was maintained inside the women group (p=0.016 and p=0.032, respectively). In men, HOMA-IR correlated with waist circumference (p=0.031).
Conclusion:
We found a significant interdepen-dence between waist circumference, diastolic blood pressure and HOMA-IR. Based on our results, we consider that lifestyle intervention should start as soon as abnormal waist circumference is recorded.
... Population demographic characteristics and prevalence of risk criteria for the metabolic syndrome were described elsewhere. (8,9) Analysis of physical activity by gender: Energy expenditure and time for physical activities in boys and girls are shown in table no. 1. High variability in the level of physical activity was found in each gender (the SD values are even above the mean). However, in terms of energy expenditure, boys seemed to spend more kilocalories for physical activities daily, compared to girls (Average: 1002. ...
Introduction: Physical inactivity has been recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality. Aim: our study aimed at exploring the level of physical activity in a group of medical students, in relation to the risk factors for the metabolic syndrome. Methods: we performed a cross-sectional survey on a sample of 235 medical students. Due to the low prevalence of some risk factors, we restrained our analysis to gender and waist circumference (WC). Results: significant difference in energy expenditure and time dedicated to physical activity was found between girls and boys (in favour of boys). Globally, 16% of boys and 28% of girls had lower level of both moderate and vigorous physical activity compared to WHO recommendation. Subjects with increased waist circumference were not engaged in more recreational or vigorous activities compared to those with normal WC. No correlation between WC and physical activity variables was found in boys. In girls, significant, weak, direct correlation was found between waist circumference and energy expenditure for all physical activity and also time for moderate physical activity, but not for recreational or vigorous activities. Conclusion: Our results underline two public health problems. First, it is related to an insufficient level of physical activity in the young medical students, especially in girls, and especially for recreational and vigorous activities. The second problem is related to the passivity of the subjects with increased WC, which do not seem to be engaged in corrective programmes of physical activity. These problems could be higher in the general population of young adults, because our group had a high level of information on healthy lifestyle, being medical students.
