• Metabolic syndrome is a disorder of energy utilization and storage, diagnosed by a co-occurrence of three out of five of the following medical conditions:
•1. abdominal (central) obesity,
•2. elevated blood pressure,
•3. elevated fasting plasma glucose,
•4. high serum triglycerides, and
•5. low high-density cholesterol (HDL) levels.
•Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease,particularly heart failure,and diabetes.