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METABOLIC SYNDROME A cluster of risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease The Metabolic Syndrome A cluster of risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease consisting of: Central (abdominal) obesity Diabetes, IFG and IGT Hypertension Dyslipidaemia International Diabetes Federation (IDF) consensus definition In 2004, the IDF held an expert workshop to examine how the currently available definitions for the Metabolic Syndrome could be improved and developed with the aim of reaching a consensus for the introduction of a new and unifying definition. THE ORIGINS 1920s 1940s