Health topics
Nutrition and metabolism
Explore metabolism, nutrient-related disease and conditions involving blood glucose or lipids.
Overview
About nutrition and metabolism
Nutrition and metabolism encompass nutrient processing, energy balance and inherited metabolic conditions. This topic includes diabetes-related and lipid disorders alongside rare nutrient deficiencies. Their causes and treatments differ; the collection should not be interpreted as a single dietary prescription.
Blood glucose and cardiometabolic risk
5 references
Type 2 diabetes
Condition→Type 2 diabetesEvidence-based condition reference.
Prediabetes
Condition→PrediabetesA1C and glucose thresholds, risk factors, testing and prevention of progression to type 2 diabetes.
Metabolic syndrome
Condition→Metabolic syndromeWaist circumference, blood pressure, glucose, triglycerides and HDL in the metabolic-syndrome risk cluster.
High cholesterol
Condition→High cholesterolLDL, HDL, triglycerides, lipid testing, cardiovascular risk and lipid-lowering treatment.
Gestational diabetes
Condition→Gestational diabetesAntenatal glucose testing, pregnancy-specific management, medication when needed and postpartum follow-up.
Inherited and nutrient-related conditions
3 references
Gaucher disease
Condition→Gaucher diseaseInherited GBA1 lysosomal storage disease with splenic, hepatic, blood, skeletal and sometimes neurologic involvement.
Hemochromatosis
Explore symptoms, diagnosis, care and cited clinical information in the full condition article.
Acrodermatitis enteropathica
Explore symptoms, diagnosis, care and cited clinical information in the full condition article.
For diagnosis, treatment information and clinical sources, see the individual condition references. This page is a topical directory, not a clinical care guide.