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0 pointsdominotw3y ago0 comments

I was using obesity as a standin for metabolic syndrome to compare populations. Not sure if measure how many ppl have 'metabolic syndrome.

metabolic disease = all things that can be fixed by lifestyle modifications ( unless you are too far gone, ie).

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heavyset_go3y ago· 2 in thread

Metabolic syndrome is often a side effect of medication or symptom of other diseases that can't be fixed with lifestyle modifications alone.

For example, there are a lot of people on psychiatric medications that can cause metabolic syndrome as a primary side effect.

> is often

Would be interesting to know how often.

Tens of millions of people in the US take atypical antipsychotics and antidepressants that cause metabolic syndrome as a very common side effect.

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