Metabolic Syndrome and Central Obesity

Metabolic Syndrome is a condition caused by the body’s metabolic system not functioning properly, resulting in obesity, being overweight, high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and high blood fat. These conditions, when present for a long time, can lead to coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, and cerebrovascular disease that can lead to paralysis.

What is Central Obesity?

Central Obesity is when the body accumulates more fat around the abdominal area. This fat causes inflammation, hormonal imbalance, and insulin resistance. When insulin does not work well, high blood sugar levels build up and eventually lead to diabetes.

Criteria for diagnosis of metabolic syndrome

In assessing whether a patient has metabolic syndrome, it is necessary to consider the presence of at least 3 of the following 5 abnormalities.

1. Waist circumference: Men ≥ 36 inches or 90 centimeters and Women ≥ 32 inches or 80 centimeters.
2. Fasting blood sugar level ≥ 100 mg/dL or diagnosed with diabetes.
3. Blood triglyceride (TG) level ≥ 150 mg/dL
4. HDL cholesterol level <40 mg/dL in males and <50 mg/dL in females.
5. Blood pressure level ≥ 130/85 mmHg or receiving medication for high blood pressure

Treatment of metabolic syndrome

There are three main ways to treat เล่นบาคาร่า UFABET เว็บตรง ค่าคอมสูง metabolic syndrome

1. Change your behavior by controlling the amount and type of food you eat appropriately. Focus on eating protein, supplemented with vegetables and fruits, reduce starchy and high-fat foods such as fried and stir-fried foods, and reduce salty or high-sodium foods.
2. Exercise regularly, focusing on cardio or aerobic exercise, and must exercise to build muscle. Do it at least 3 times a week, 30-60 minutes each time. When exercising, control the amount of calories from food to help reduce weight, strengthen the heart, improve blood pressure, reduce blood sugar levels and bad cholesterol, which is good for health in the long term.
3. The use of appetite suppressant drugs or gastric bypass surgery for weight loss is suitable for people who are very overweight and have not been able to lose weight by other methods. However, it is recommended to consult a doctor and is only at the discretion of a specialist doctor.