生活習慣病を予防するための食事療法 : メタボリックシンドローム対策

Recently, the number of cases of lifestyle-related diseases including obesity, dyslipidemia, heart disease, hypertension and type２diabetes has been steadily increasing due to an excess energy intake because of the westernization of eating habits, unbalanced diet, irregular lifestyle and lack of exercise.
Obesity with accumulation of visceral fat causes metabolic syndrome which can leads to glucose intolerance, disorder of lipid metabolism, high blood pressure and so on. Metabolic syndrome has become a serious cause of the onset of arteriosclerosis.
The improvement of lifestyle through diet and exercise therapy is important and effective prevent arteriosclerosis.

四国医学雑誌 : http://www.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp/article/0012780.html