Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Elderly

Abstract

Indian's populartion has been rapidly greying over the past few decades. there fore, age - related cardiovascular disease (CVD) is likely to place an enormous burden on the resources of the individual as well as on the family, society and nation in the year to come. The constellation of risk factors that predispose and individual to CVD has been termed the "metabolic syndrome" obesity or excess body fat has been recognized as MS. overweight and obesity predispose to CVD in a variety of may and amplify the effect of old age on the vascular tree.