Do You Know Your Cholesterol Levels?

Contents

Honor Your Heart: Get Moving and Eat Smart
Isabel Learns About Blood Cholesterol
The Gómez Family Plan To Keep Their Cholesterol Normal
What Is the Metabolic Syndrome?
My Family Plan To Lower Blood Cholesterol Levels
My Heart Health Card
Play It Smart, Take Care of Your Heart
Resources

What Is the Metabolic Syndrome?

The metabolic syndrome is a group of factors that increase your chances of developing heart disease or stroke. The metabolic syndrome also increases your risk for diabetes.

Mario says: "I have the metabolic syndrome. Five factors make up this syndrome and can cause trouble for your heart. My doctor said that you only need three of the five factors to have the metabolic syndrome. I am working with my doctor to decrease these factors."

Do you have the metabolic syndrome?

Having three or more of these factors means you have the metabolic syndrome.

Check the factors you have:

If you have three or more of these factors, talk to your doctor about the metabolic syndrome.

Follow the Gómez family’s plan on the next page if you have the metabolic syndrome.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NIH Publication No. 08-6353
June 2008