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This latest joint statement from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the World Heart Federation, the International Atherosclerosis Society, and the American Heart Association (AHA) attempts to tighten up the definition of the metabolic syndrome.

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