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Dr. Gabriel Hilkovitz
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VIDEO: Dr. Hilkovitz - Metabolic Syndrome, What Is It?

Dr. Hilkovitz shares what the metabolic syndrome is.

Dr. Hilkovitz:
The metabolic syndrome is a prediabetic stage. It comes before the diabetes. It’s the phase where you start putting on weight, you develop high cholesterol and high blood pressure, your family history is positive for diabetes, you have a large waistline, and you’re obese, and your BMI is over 25.

About Dr. Hilkovitz, M.D., B.Ch.:
Dr. Gabriel Hilkovitz has been in private practice for 51 years working in internal medicine, primary care, with an emphasis in diabetes and works in connection with the Arizona Heart Institute. He is a former Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Hilkovitz was born and educated in South Africa and also engaged in academia in London, England and the United States.

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