Metabolic Problems Linked with Obesity and Diabetes

If you are considered obese, especially with an above average amount of abdominal fat
and you are at risk to metabolic syndrome when you are insulin resistant.  It is
important to consider that one may be insulin resistant but remain to be non-diabetic but. 
If you are insulin resistant you may be what is termed pre-diabetes.

If you are insulin resistant, your body is not using the insulin your pancreas is producing
effectively.There will be more insulins that the pancrea can produce however the body
will not use it and cannot derive the energy from the food you eat.  This condition can be
passed on from another member of the family but it is also caused by obesity and
inactivity.

As with diabetes, the risk factors for having metabolic problems – metabolic syndrome –
are similar.  Age is a risk factor, the older you are the chances of having this are
greater.About fifty percent of the population with metabolic syndrome are past the age of 60
symptoms have been seen in children and adults in their 20’s.Other potential risk for
having this syndrome is race, people from a Hispanic or Asian backgrounds are at a
higher risk than others.as mentioned there is also a hereditary factor.

A consideration for obesity is having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of more than 25.  The difference
with this condition from the others is the fact that others can exert control over it. 
If they are able to lose weight and exercise they can reduce or eliminate this contributor
towards metabolic syndrome.

If you are diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, your doctor will run screening tests for
diabetes.They will propose to plan out a weight loss program by
well balance diet with activity.

In conclusion, metabolic syndrome is a groups of risk factors that make you more likely to become diabete, obese, and suffer from complications of heart disease. You will be diagnosed with metabolic syndrome is you have elevated fasting blood glucose levels, increased waist measurment, low HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol), and/or elevated blood pressure.