Metabolic Syndrome: An Important Health Issue in Iran

Mohammad Mohammadi, Amin Salehi-Abargouei
2017 Journal of Nutrition and Food Security (JNFS   unpublished
etabolic syndrome (MetS) is a major metabolic disorder worldwide which is characterized by having three or more of the five metabolic abnormalities. These metabolic abnormalities include abdominal obesity (waist circumference ≥ 90 cm for men and ≥ 80 cm for women), high triglyceride levels (TG) (≤ 150 mg/dL), decreased high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) (< 40 mg/dL in men and < 50 mg/dL in women), increased blood pressure (BP)
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