Size at Birth and Later "Metabesity".

Metabolic syndrome, often used synonymously with Syndrome X or Insulin resistance syndrome, is a constellation of risk factors that predisposes to an enhanced risk of Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease [1]. The clustering of atleast three of five risk factors – elevated blood pressure, elevated fasting plasma glucose, high triglycerides, low HDL-cholesterol and increased waist circumference – have been variously described to constitute the metabolic syndrome. The International Diabetes Federation [2], revised National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP-ATP III) [3] and WHO [4] have different diagnostic criteria, and this necessitated guidelines for a harmonized definition, accounting for ethnic differences in adiposity and metabolic risk [5].