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Attention, chocolate lovers: You may not be able to help yourselves. Swiss and British scientists have linked the widespread love of chocolate to a chemical "signature" that may be programmed into our metabolic systems.
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Metabolic Syndrome X
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- Disease Management
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- Children
Latest News
- Latest News
- Study Finds Possible Mechanism for Link Between Sleep Disturbances and Metabolic Syndrome (04/21/2005, National Institutes of Health)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Getting Tough with Metabolic Syndrome (McGraw-Hill Companies) - Links to PDF
- Metabolic Syndrome (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Metabolic Syndrome (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Lab Values Important in Defining Obesity Syndrome (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Metabolic Syndrome / Syndrome X (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
Prevention/Screening
- Prevention/Screening
- Incremental Lifestyle Changes Can Ward Off Syndrome X (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Disease Management
- Disease Management
- Working with Your Doctor to Overcome Overweight and Obesity (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Diabetes and Your Risk of Heart Disease (Harvard Medical School, InteliHealth)
- Insulin Resistance and Pre-Diabetes (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse)
- Insulin Resistance Syndrome (American Academy of Family Physicians)
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Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Metabolic Syndrome X (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Syndrome X (National Institutes of Health)
Research
- Research
- Eating at Fast-Food Restaurants More Than Twice Per Week Is Associated with More Weight Gain and Insulin Resistance (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Effect of Diet and Exercise or Metformin on the Metabolic Syndrome (American College of Physicians)
- Metabolic Syndrome Increases Risk of Coronary Death (American Heart Association)
- Metabolic Syndrome May Be an Important Link to Stroke (American Heart Association)
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Diabetes Association
- American Heart Association
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Children
- Children
- Overweight Hispanic Youth Face Increased Risk of Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome (Endocrine Society)