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Changing your lifestyle and taking better care of yourself can lower your risk of developing metabolic syndrome.
Lower Your Weight
Eat a Healthy Diet
Increase Your Physical Activity
Control Your Blood Pressure
Control Your Cholesterol Levels
Work to Prevent Diabetes by Eating Healthfully and Exercising
See Your Doctor
Quit Smoking
Be Aware of Lipid-Raising Medications
References:
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Incremental lifestyle changes can ward off syndrome X. The Cleveland Clinic website. Available at: http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3000/3053.asp?index=10807 . Accessed July 28, 2005.
Metabolic syndrome. The Cleveland Clinic website. Available at: http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3000/3057.asp?index=10783 . Accessed July 28, 2005.
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Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III): Executive Summary. National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health website. Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/atp3xsum.pdf . Accessed August 1, 2005.
Last reviewed February 2009 by David Juan, MD
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