The Link Between Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolic Problems
If you are considered obese, especially with an above average amount of abdominal fat
and you may have 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.
You have pre-diabetes once you are resistant to insuln.
If you are insulin resistant, your body is not using the insulin your pancreas is producing
effectively. Your pancreas will continue to produce more and more insulin but your body
will not be able to utilize and use the foods taken in as energy. This condition can be
passed from one member of the family to another although it may also be caused by obesity and
inactivity.
As with diabetes, the risk factors for having metabolic problems – metabolic syndrome –
are equally the same. 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.Another potential risk for
having this syndrome is race, people from a Hispanic or Asian backgrounds are at a
higher risk than others. And as mentioned there is also the hereditary factory.
One factor to consider among obese is having more than 25 score of Body Mass Index (BMI). The difference
with this instance from the rest is that majority of people can control 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. He or she will also recommend or put your on a program to lose weight through
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.