Metabolic Syndrome X Causes & Risk Factors

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• QWho typically has metabolic syndrome?

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  A Joanne Duncan-Carnesciali, CPT, NASM Elite Trainer , Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, answered

  Metabolic syndrome is characterised by a constellation of cardiovascular risk factors such as abdominal adiposity, elevated triglyceride levels and elevated blood pressure.
  
  Based on the NCEP ATP II Guidlines, the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome is made when at least three cardiovascular risk factors are present. 
  
  In 2005 The International Diabetes Foundation proposed a new definition for metabolic syndrome that is based on the presence of abdominal adiposity in two addition cardiovascular risk factors.

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• QDoes metabolic syndrome have anything to do with my weight?

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  A National Academy of Sports Medicine answered

  Metabolic syndrome is becoming more and more common in the United States and researchers are trying to discover whether the syndrome is due to one single cause, however all of the syndrome’s risk factors are related to obesity. The two primary risk factors are: Extra weight around the middle of the body (central obesity or adiposity). This is described as an “apple shaped” body (instead of a pear); Insulin resistance, in which the body cannot use insulin effectively. Insulin is needed to help your body metabolize carbohydrates. Weight loss of 5-7% is the first recommendation for people with metabolic syndrome to reduce their health risk.
• QWhat are risk factors for metabolic syndrome?

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  A Dr. Melissa B. Bagloo, MD , Bariatric Medicine (Obesity Medicine), answered on behalf of Columbia University Department of Surgery

  The biggest risk factor is obesity. Patients who are obese are at a much higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome and the medical problems that go along with it. Cardiac risks are another major factor, because the risk factors for developing heart disease and vascular disease are much more elevated in patients who have metabolic syndrome. In the long term, those risks can have serious effects on patients' health and the quality of their life.