Description Metabolic syndrome has become a ‘hot topic’, with the global
epidemics of diabetes and obesity driving yet another in cardiovascular
disease—all components of the metabolic syndrome. Preventing and
managing this syndrome will be ever more important in coming years.
Primary health care professionals need to be aware of the risk factors
and help to educate their patients to avoid onset or worsening of the
individual conditions. Pharmacological treatment of several concurrent
diseases raises further problems, emphasizing the need to consider all
the components of the syndrome together.
This book has been derived from the award-winning The Metabolic Syndrome.
Selected chapters have been condensed and rewritten to provide
accurate, easy-to-read information for all health care professionals
working in primary care.
The book has also been updated with inclusion of the latest results,
e.g. from the DREAM study. It highlights practical issues involved in
managing patients with the metabolic syndrome and will appeal to a
broad readership.
Dietetic professionals CPE Level: 3
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It
is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine
the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the
following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them
if they feel another need is met.
3000 Nutrition assessment & Diagnosis
3005 Nutrition Diagnosis
3060 Laboratory tests
4000 Wellness and public health
4010 Community intervention, monitoring, and evaluation
4030 Dietary guidelines, DRIs, Food Guide Pyramid, food labeling
4040 Disease prevention
4050 Epidemiology
5190 Diabetes mellitus
5370 Weight management, obesity