Metabolic syndrome is what it’s called when you have a group of certain conditions at the same time. These conditions include:

  • Obesity, especially around the middle of your body
  • High triglycerides (a kind of fat found in your body)
  • Low HDL cholesterol (the good kind of cholesterol)
  • High blood pressure
  • High blood sugar

If you have just one of these conditions, that doesn’t mean you have metabolic syndrome. You have to have at least two or three of them at the same time.

Metabolic syndrome raises your risk of getting serious health problems like heart disease and stroke. Talk to your doctor about how you can lower your risk.

 

Metabolic syndrome is when a few of these apply:

Obesity, bad cholesterol, and blood pressure and sugar are high.