Ahdy W Helmy
Indiana University, USA
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Primary Health Care
Metabolic syndrome is the disease of urbanization, sedentary life style and obesity has been, slowly but surely, increasing significantly among children, youth and adults, posing a current problem & a future crisis of monumental significance. The consequences this disease pose on the development of diabetes, Hypertension, cardiovascular disease, NAFLD is significant. My talk is targeted to primary care providers, explaining the link between the clustering of those diverse characteristics that collectively formulate the metabolic syndrome, or syndrome X as Dr. Raven initially termed. My goal to help primary care providers to identify metabolic syndrome, explain the interaction between it�s components, identify the common denominator, and approach it heads on to modify, manage and prevent the inevitable, if left unaddressed, I plan to simply and easily explain what goes wrong so that patients acn also understand and be on board. In the USA alone there is an estimated 80 millions with Metabolic syndrome, with it�s prevalence around 9 % among 8th grade children. My guess that the prevalence is as serious in Dubai and the Middle east as well as world wide.
Email: ahelmy@iu.edu
