Metabolic syndrome occurs when being overweight or obese -- combined with other risk factors -- increase a person's chances of developing heart disease and diabetes.

    These risk factors include abdominal obesity, elevated triglycerides, high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar and a poor ratio of good-to-bad cholesterol.

    The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute suggests how you can help prevent metabolic syndrome:

    · Maintain a healthy body-mass index （BMI） of less than 25.

    · Keep your waistline at a healthy size. Less than 35 inches for women and 40 inches for men is ideal.

    · Maintain a healthy body weight. Talk to your doctor about the best weight for you.

    · Stick to a low-calorie, low-cholesterol and low-fat eating plan.

    · Get regular exercise. In general, 60 minutes worth, five-to-seven days per week, is recommended for most people.

    · Visit your doctor regularly, and frequently test your blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar.

    代謝綜合癥發(fā)生時如果超重或者肥胖--還伴有其它危險因素--會增加患有心臟病和糖尿病的機會。

    這些危險因素包括腹部肥大，超高的三油甘酸脂，高血壓，高血糖和不良的好壞膽固醇比率。

    美國國家心肺和血液學(xué)會提出有助于預(yù)防代謝綜合癥的建議：

    * 保持一個健康的少于25的身體質(zhì)量指數(shù)（BMI）.（BMI指數(shù)，身體質(zhì)量指數(shù)，簡稱體質(zhì)指數(shù)又稱體重指數(shù)，英文為Body Mass Index,簡稱BMI,是用體重公斤數(shù)除以身高米數(shù)平方得出的數(shù)字。男性適中為20-25,女性為19-24--譯者注）

    * 保持健康的腰圍尺寸。理想的狀況要女性小于35英寸，男性小于40英寸。（女性小于26.67寸，男性小于30.48寸。我看也夠胖的了，是不是中國人還應(yīng)當在小一些。--譯者注）

    * 維持一個健康的體重。和你的醫(yī)生探討一下最適合你的標準。

    * 堅持低熱量、低膽固醇和低脂肪的飲食安排。

    * 做到經(jīng)常性的鍛煉。一般來說，對大多數(shù)人適宜每周五至七天，每次60分鐘。

    * 有規(guī)律地找醫(yī)生檢查，經(jīng)常測試你的血壓、膽固醇和血糖。