Increase in prevalence of obesity has become a worldwide major health problem in adults,
as well as among children and adolescents. Furthermore, total adiposity and truncal …

Hypercholesterolemia is a major cardiovascular risk factor that increases the incidence of
atherosclerotic diseases in adults, although the association is less well established in the …

Increase in the prevalence of obesity has become a major worldwide health problem in
adults as well as among children and adolescents. In the last four decades, studies have …

Background The evaluation of metabolic syndrome in a society predisposed to the diabetes
mellitus epidemic opens a new avenue to understanding this rapidly growing global …

Endocrine homeostasis and metabolic diseases have been the subject of extensive
research in recent years. The development of new techniques and insights has led to a …

We assessed the relationship between a healthy lifestyle and the subsequent risk of
developing metabolic syndrome. The “Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra”(SUN) Project …

Healthy lifestyle factors, such as physical activity (PA) and Mediterranean diet (MD),
decrease the likelihood of developing metabolic syndrome (MetS). The aim of this study was …

There is no definition for the metabolic syndrome; visceral obesity, elevated lipids and
glucose, and hypertension coexist. The aim of the study is to determine which …

Background Metabolic syndrome (MS) is the simultaneous occurrence of a cluster of
predefined cardiovascular risk factors. Although individual MS components are associated …

The incidence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) is increasing and lifestyle behaviours may
play a role. The aim of the present study was to prospectively assess the association …