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NUTRITION REVIEWS
Volume 65, Issue 6, Pages S30-S34Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2007.jun.S30-S34
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carbohydrate restriction; metabolic syndrome; overweight; waist circumference; weight loss
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The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of symptoms associated with insulin resistance and known to precede the onset of type 2 diabetes. Overweight and obesity contribute significantly to the development of the metabolic syndrome. In fact, weight loss has a huge impact in decreasing the symptoms associated with the metabolic syndrome. Several studies have demonstrated that just by losing 7% to 10% of initial body weight is sufficient to have improvement in waist circumference, dyslipidemias (elevated triglycerides and low high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol), trunk fat, and plasma glucose. This paper underlines the importance of weight loss and type of diet in reversing the symptoms of the metabolic syndrome.
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