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70 BODY & SOUL SHIFTING METABOLIC SYNDROME INTO AREVERSE By Emily Devon. bout 20 to 30 per cent of interventions can affect the likelihood are diet and exercise.” Australians, including some of presenting with metabolic Ms Renn emphasises the importance children and adolescents, live syndrome, Ms Renn notes that genetic of one’s heritage in health concerns. with metabolic syndrome.1 predisposition can play a part. “It’s very easy to say, ‘lose weight’,” Previously known as syndrome X, it’s she said. “It’s not necessarily \\\\\\\[easy\\\\\\\] a collection of disorders, such as high blood pressure, obesity (especially around the abdomen), high cholesterol and insulin resistance, that together increase the risk of stroke, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.1 Accredited Practising Dietitian and spokesperson for Dietitians Australia Lisa Renn spoke with Retail Pharmacy Assistants about the ways in which someone can attempt to reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome. While some diet and exercise “Nutrition and exercise are really the key tools that people have, because you can’t control genetic \\\\\\\[factors\\\\\\\], you can’t control age.” “Nutrition and exercise are really the key tools that people have, because you can’t control genetic \\\\\\\[factors\\\\\\\], you can’t control age,” she said. “These are the things that also contribute to metabolic syndrome. The things you can control to do \\\\\\\[that\\\\\\\] as we increase in age. All the things we’re seeing in that list \\\\\\\[risk concerns\\\\\\\] has a genetic factor, so if your whole family has a strong history of type 2 diabetes, even if you’re incredibly healthy, you may not be able to stop that train, so to speak. “You can certainly assist it by eating well and exercising regularly. However, there’s no guarantee that you can reverse it. “It’s much better to look at reducing the risk factors.” RETAIL PHARMACY ASSISTANTS • APR 2021