First of all, look at the picture. It's the CT scan of my abdomen, just the navel level.
Nowadays "metabolic syndrome" gets a lot of publicity in the media in Japan. Many people have a certain interest in the metabolic syndrome.
If you don't know this unhealthy status, see the following url.
http://www.americanheart.org
The criteria for diagnosing this is:
1. Abdominal circumference (in Japanese):
Men Equal to or greater than 85 cm
Women Equal to or greater than 90 cm
As you know, it is different from the criteria of the American Heart Association.
2. Elevated blood pressure
3. Elevated triglycerides
4. Elevated fasting glucose
If you meet condition 1 and also 2 or 3 or 4, you are going to be diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. Much evidence has proved this unhealthy status develops serious illnesses. It's important to prevent such a development.
My hospital is going to provide the screening of the metabolic syndrome for citizens. Prior to the public announcement, about 20 staff members of my hospital became human guinea pigs. I was one of them. X-ray technicians calculate the portion of subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue on the CT scan. They are debating which color they will use for standing for the adipose tissue. In my scan film, the fat is displayed in red, and the muscle is in green. The red is frequently used as a warning color in general. It proved that I am a visceral-dominant type, and it's not good. Fortunately, the condition that I met is No.1 only, so I wasn't sentenced to a consultation with nutricians. It's true that I'm out of the criteria of the metabolic syndrome, but I'm sure to be on the border.
One more thing. I was surprised and sad to examine the rectus muscle of my abdomen on the CT scan film. My muscle was very thin. It looked very weak. I had been thinking I'm active and powerful for my age. I found it was a vain illusion.
It seems that I need some action.
(Vocabulary)
publicity 宣伝、広告、評判、パブリシティー、広く一般に知られていること
fasting glucose 空腹時血糖
meet needs/ conditions/ standards ニーズ［条件，基準］を満たす
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