KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE TOWARDS METABOLIC SYNDROME PREVENTION AMONG BUDDHIST MONKSIN NAN PROVINCE, THAILAND: A PRELIMINARY STUDY
Background and significant
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of metabolic abnormalities, including central obesity, dyslipidemia (abnormal serum lipid), insulin resistance, and hypertension. (YogitaPochlani, Naga VenkataPothineni, SwathiKovelamudi, and Jawahar L. Mehta, 2017 : 215)Metabolic syndrome has widely received attention because it is associated with cardiovascular diseases(KrithikaSrikanthan, Andrew Feyh, HareshVisweshwar, Joseph I.