In a workshop held in April 2005, International Diabetes Federation (IDF) developed a new global definition of MS which put the emphasis on central obesity as the essential component.

• 国际糖尿病联盟(IDF)在今年4月份的一次国际专家研讨会上提出了一个全球统一的新定义,强调以中心性肥胖为核心组分。