Systematic Review on Dietary Intake and Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents Medical Science

Metabolic syndrome(MetS) has been broadly studied in adults. However,because of the lack of auniversal definition for MetS in pediatric populations, few studies have been conducted on this frequent disorder among children.Lifestyle factors play an important role in the pathogenesis of MetS. A cornerstone of the treatment in MetS patients is the use of a healthy diet to improve all abnormalities. Most of available studies focused on lifestyle changes for treatment of MetS in adolescents, and there are only few studies which assessed the specific role of diet therapy for MetS among children and adolescents. It is important since sometimes it is not applicable to encourage children to be more active. Hence, in the present article, we aimed to review the dietary intake and recommendations for treatment of pediatric MetS.