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CMR Short Reviews
- The Concept of CMR
  Historical background on global cardiometabolic risk, epidemiological aspects of obesity and type 2 diabetes, ABCs of cardiovascular disease risk factors, intra-abdominal adiposity, metabolic syndrome and contribution to cardiometabolic risk.
- Evaluating CMR
  Research and clinical tools to identify individuals with excess intra-abdominal adiposity and quantify their risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (global cardiometabolic risk).
- Managing CMR
  Notions and practical tools to better manage the abdominally obese patient with excess intra-abdominal adiposity and related clustering abnormalities.
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16th National Congress of the Spanish Hypertension Society

International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk symposium
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Abdominal Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and CVD Risk

March 3, 2011
10:45-11:45
Chairpersons: J.P. Després and L. Ruilope

Event	Presenter
Opening Remarks	L. Ruilope Spain
Abdominal Obesity as a Poorly Recognized Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes and CVD Risk	J.P. Després Canada
Reducing Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages is Associated with Reduced Blood Pressure	L.J. Appel USA
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: from the Evidence to Public Health Recommendations	J. Salas-Salvadò Spain
Closing Remarks	J.P. Després Canada

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