Should we dump the metabolic syndrome?: Yes

AUTOR(ES)

Gale, Edwin A M

FONTE

BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

RESUMO

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 disease

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