Essays Tagged: "Metabolic syndrome"

Obesity

ispanics since 1998, 21.5% among African-Americans and 12.3% among non-Hispanic whites. (Kiess 2003)Metabolic Syndrome:The metabolic syndrome (also known as syndrome X) is making a name for itself in ... itself in the United States. Twenty to Twenty five percent of adults in the United States have the metabolic syndrome. This syndrome is associated with the metabolic disorder called insulin resistanc ...

(10 pages) 203 0 4.3 Jan/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

The Benefits of Exercising and Proper Nutrition

ood sugar, cholesterol and blood fats these are not all curable with insulin and are considered the Metabolic Syndrome. This becomes an even bigger risk when areas of fat accumulate around a persons m ... t helping your self. By doing this you can lower the levels of inflammation that associate with the Metabolic Syndrome, which has to do with the building up of cholesterol in your arteries. Basically ...

(12 pages) 105 0 4.3 Nov/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness

Childhood Obesity

sity. Things like Type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, sleep disorders, liver disease, and metabolic syndrome (Mayo). Studies have been done and have identified a connection with obesity to a ...

(3 pages) 94 1 3.5 Feb/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology