Should we dump the metabolic syndrome?: Yes
- 20 March 2008
- Vol. 336 (7645) , 640
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39477.500197.ad
Abstract
The number of people with the metabolic syndrome is rising alongside obesity. Nevertheless, Edwin Gale believes the diagnosis has little practical value. George Alberti and P Z Zimmet, however, think it increases the detection of people at high risk of diabetes and heart diseaseKeywords
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