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Cardiovascular risk factors have a tendency to co-aggregate. One of the most well studied of these co-aggregations is the overlap between insulin resistance, obesity, hypertension and dyslipidaemia, now labelled as metabolic syndrome. Although metabolic syndrome is multifactorial, there is a growing belief that visceral obesity may play an important role in the development of the syndrome....
People with schizophrenia show a high incidence of metabolic syndrome, which is associated with a high mortality from cardiovascular disease. The aetiology of the metabolic syndrome in schizophrenia is multi-factorial and may involve antipsychotic treatment, high levels of stress and unhealthy lifestyle, such as poor diet. As a poor diet can predispose to the development of metabolic abnormalities,...
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