ヨーロッパ糖尿病学会 「メタボは・・・・死んだ」

EASD: "Metabolic syndrome . . . is dead" ・・・の翻訳のつもり

にもかかわらず、日本では相変わらず、メタボリック・シンドロームなどと先走った症候群を国の健康施策としてもちこみ、ゆがんだ保険施策をおこなってきた厚労省・・・相変わらず反省の弁もなく、

メタボ指導で体重、腹囲減　３８万人調査で判明
http://www.47news.jp/CN/201007/CN2010072701001044.html

http://www.theheart.org/article/1106159.do

Cardiology's view: A worthwhile tool

EASD: "Metabolic syndrome . . . is dead"

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糖尿病専門家であるDr Rudy Bilous (Newcastle University, UK)

"Essentially, there are no firm data to confirm that the metabolic syndrome is indeed a true syndrome. Many think that it is a collection of associated features/cardiovascular risk factors that coaggregate, but their collective association with cardiovascular disease is no more than the sum of their parts. Thus the metabolic syndrome adds nothing. Moreover, much of the risk is linked to hyperglycemia/glucose intolerance, obesity, and hypertension. Finally, there is no treatment other than managing each risk factor separately. Thus, it is a not very helpful concept [and] has proved more of a hindrance than an advance in clinical medicine/science."

要するに、存在価値のない概念だということだ。