Moderate exercise cuts metabolic syndrome - UPI

Even a modest amount of brisk walking weekly can cut the risk of metabolic syndrome, which is linked to heart disease and diabetes, a U.S. study found.

Researchers from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., said an estimated one-quarter of all U.S. adults have metabolic syndrome, a cluster of risk factors including: large waist circumference, high blood pressure, high levels of triglycerides, low amounts of HDL, or "good" cholesterol and high blood sugar. To be diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, patients must have at least three of the five risk factors...