Abstract Introduction The Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) describes the clustering of cardio-
metabolic risk factors—including abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, elevated blood …

Abstract Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of cardiovascular risk
factors, which is rising in the low and middle income countries (LMICs). There are various …

Introduction Recently, childhood and adolescence overweight/obesity has increased
disproportionately in developing countries, with estimates predicting a parallel increase in …

Abstract DEBEILA, Sego; MODJADJI, Perpetua and MADIBA, Sphiwe. High prevalence of
overall overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity amongst adolescents: An emerging …

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is rapidly increasing in prevalence with rising
childhood obesity and sedentary lifestyles worldwide. The aim of this study was to estimate …

This study attempts to bridge the research gap regarding the importance of dietary fiber in
reducing metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk factors in young rural South Africans. A total of 627 …

The occupation of taxi driving predisposes drivers to health risks, including obesity,
cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. Although individual components of metabolic …

Purpose to compare cut off points corrected for age and gender (COOP) with fixed cut off
points (FCOP) for fasting plasma insulin and Homeostatic model assessment-insulin …

Summary Background Metabolic syndrome (Mets) is a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors
secondary to an inflammatory and insulin resistance state that increases the risk of …

Objectives Prevalence of child and adolescents' overweight and obesity in low-and middle-
income countries has increased dramatically. Simultaneously, the incidence of pre …