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Syndrome X: A Major Cause of Overweight & Obesity

What is Syndrome X?

Syndrome X, describes a group of symptoms including high blood pressure, abdominal obesity (a "spare tyre around the middle"), insulin resistance, high levels of triglycerides and low levels of HDL or "good" lipoproteins.

In the past 13 years, low levels of antioxidant vitamins and DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone), high cortisol levels, and depression have been added to the list.

Some experts estimate that as many as two-thirds of Americans may be suffering from Syndrome X. It can remain effectively hidden for years, masquerading as symptoms of other conditions including abdominal (apple-shaped) obesity, fatigue, poor mental concentration, edema (fluid retention), nerve damage and an intense craving for sweets.

And since Syndrome X is a precursor to type 2 diabetes, it makes perfect sense that, since the overweight problem of Americans has skyrocketed in the past 20 years, according to studies, the number of people with type 2 diabetes-a disease that can result from excess weight-also increased by one-third during the 1990s. Children as young as 10 are now being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, formerly known as adult-onset diabetes because it affected people in their 40s and older.

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For more articles and information about Metabolic Syndrome X,
see also:

Carbs and Weight Loss
Insulin Carbs & Weight Loss
Weight Loss Health
Weight/Health Risk Factors
Metabolic Syndrome X
Diet Fat & Syndrome X
Metabolic Syndrome X Study
Metabolic Syndrome X Health Warning
Teenagers & Syndrome X
Weight Loss & Syndrome X
Apple Body Shape and Health
Metabolic Syndrome & Obesity
Diets & Syndrome X
Children & Metabolic Syndrome X
Weight Reduction & Hyperinsulinemia

For more about metabolic syndrome X and carb intake, see Insulin Resistance, Obesity and Carbs

Obesity and Weight Loss
Obesity is now the "trillion dollar disease". This reflects the social costs of obesity, in health and lost production, as well as the weight loss drug profits that might be made for any pharmaceutical company that finds a drug-cure for obesity. The search for viable weight loss medications continues, although pharmaceutical weight loss products still have significant side effects.

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