摘要
Global trends of diet have changed in Western and Eastern countries,featuring foods that are highly processed,contain saturated fat and carry excessive carbohydrate calories.This,accompanied by lower levels of physical activity,due to a more sedentary lifestyle,and the overweight/obesity epidemic,is the reason we are facing a rise in occurrence of new cases of metabolic syndrome.Furthermore,these patients are at substantial risk of developing the well-known complications related to each of the components of metabolic syndrome,those being insulin resistance/diabetes mellitus,arterial hypertension,hyperlipidemia and visceral obesity.
作者简介
Corresponding author:Sanja Stojsavljević,Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,Sisters of Charity University Hospital Center,Vinogradska cesta 29,Zagreb 10000,Croatia.Tel:+385-1-3787-178,Fax:+385-1-3769-067,E-mail:sanja.stojsavljevic1@gmail.com
