a condition associated with obesity including symptoms such as glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, and raised blood pressure, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes
Examples of 'metabolic syndrome' in a sentence
metabolic syndrome
Among people aged 70 to 79, 39 per cent had metabolic syndrome.
canada.com (2011)
And while fructose doesn't cause obesity, it does 'turn obesity into metabolic syndrome'.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
When they occur together they are known as metabolic syndrome.
The Sun (2017)
Metabolic syndrome isn't a disease in and of itself.
canada.com (2011)
Another common feature of metabolic syndrome is heightened inflammation — which has been implicated in depression.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Afternoon sleepiness may point to metabolic syndrome - conditions including high blood pressure,high cholesterol and excess waist fat.
The Sun (2016)
Tooth decay is just the 'canary in the mine' that presages a host of other ills, from metabolic syndrome to coronary heart disease.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
His most crucial argument is that metabolic syndrome is the reason so many of us are getting fat, becoming diabetic and dying early.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Those who were overweight at the start were significantly less likely to develop the full metabolic syndrome the more dairy products they ate.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
These factors, other than age, may be associated with the metabolic syndrome and are thereforeinterrelated.