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Episode #218: Metabolic Syndrome in Athletes

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Is There a Diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome?

As of 2015, the global prevalence of diabetes is 8.8%, and given that metabolic syndrome is about three times as common than type two diabetes, about a quarter of the world likely has metabolic syndrome. We don't actually know how many people have metabolic syndrome. But we would expect that surely athletes would have a lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the general population. Might be some interesting findings here.

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