"Participants who followed the Mediterranean diet had better outcomes for waist circumference, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and glucose, as well as reduced risk of metabolic syndrome, compared with those on control diets or those who had low adherence to the Mediterranean diet...The meta-analysis also found that active lifestyle coupled with the diet had additional preventive effects on metabolic syndrome components."
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