Metabolic Syndrome is a combination of risk factors including common etiopathogenesis. These risk factors play different roles in occurence of atherosclerotic diseases, type 2 diabetes, and cancers.
Although a compromise can not be achieved on differential diagnosis for MS, the existence of any three criterias enable to diagnose MS. These are abdominal obesity, dislipidemia (hypertrigliceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, and reduced high density lipoprotein) hypertension, and elevated fasting blood glucose.
According to the results of Metabolic Syndrome Research (METSAR), the overall prevalence of MS in Turkey is 34%; in females 40%, and in males it is 28%.
As a result of Western diet, and increased frequency of obesity, MS is observed in children and in adolescents both in the world and in Turkey.
Resulting in chronic diseases, it is thought that the syndrome can be prevented by healthy lifestyle behaviours.
Key words: Metabolic Syndome, Abdominal Obesity, Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours Article Language: Turkish English
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