CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASE: ARE YOU AT RISK?

In the past decade, there has been a dramatic increase in chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and obesity not only in industrialized nations but also in developing nations with emerging economies including Vietnam. With the escalation of obesity, diabetes, stroke, heart failure and hypertension, there has been a parallel increase in the incidence and prevalence of cardiometabolic complications. Cardiometabolic complications are multifactorial diseases, and a wide spectrum of different factors including changes in living environments, diets, lifestyles, genetic, and epigenetic factors may be involved.  To understand it better, let’s take a closer look at your cardiometabolic risks. Cardiometabolic risk refers to your chances of having diabetes, heart disease or stroke. In order to truly improve your risk, you must be proactive and attack the underlying cause of the problem. The cause of increased cardiometabolic risk is often a decreased physiological resilience and metabolic