1. Alberti K, et al. 2009. Harmonizing the metabolic syndrome: a joint interim statement of the international diabetes federation task force on epidemiology and prevention; national heart, lung, and blood institute; American heart association; world heart federation; international atherosclerosis society; and international association for the study of obesity. Circulation. 120 (16): 1640-1645.
2. Azadbakht L, Mirmiran P, Esmaillzadeh A, Azizi T & Azizi F 2005. Beneficial effects of a Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension eating plan on features of the metabolic syndrome. Diabetes care. 28 (12): 2823-2831.
3. Carnethon MR, et al. 2004. Risk factors for the metabolic syndrome: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, 1985–2001. Diabetes care. 27 (11): 2707-2715.
4. Casas-Agustench P, et al. 2011. Effects of one serving of mixed nuts on serum lipids, insulin resistance and inflammatory markers in patients with the metabolic syndrome. Nutrition, metabolism and cardiovascular diseases. 21 (2): 126-135.
5. Dalvand S, et al. 2017. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among iranian population: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Iranian journal of public health. 46 (4): 456.
6. Delavari A, Forouzanfar MH, Alikhani S, Sharifian A & Kelishadi R 2009. The First nationwide study of the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and optimal cut-off points of waist circumference in the middle east: the national survey of risk factors for non-communicable diseases of Iran. Diabetes care. 32: 6.
7. Eilat-Adar S, et al. 2008. Sex may modify the effects of macronutrient intake on metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in American Indians: the strong heart study. Journal of the American dietetic association. 108 (5): 794-802.
8. Esmaillzadeh A, Mirmiran P & Azizi F 2005. Whole-grain consumption and the metabolic syndrome: a favorable association in Tehranian adults. European journal of clinical nutrition. 59 (3): 353.
9. Esposito K & Giugliano D 2010. Mediterranean diet and the metabolic syndrome: the end of the beginning. Metabolic syndrome and related disorders. 8 (3): 197-200.
10. Feng R, et al. 2015. High carbohydrate intake from starchy foods is positively associated with metabolic disorders: a Cohort Study from a Chinese population. Scientific reports. 5 (1): 1-8.
11. Freire RD, Cardoso MA, Gimeno SG & Ferreira SR 2005. Dietary fat is associated with metabolic syndrome in Japanese Brazilians. Diabetes care. 28 (7): 1779-1785.
12. Ghaffarpour M, Houshiar-Rad A & Kianfar H 1999. The manual for household measures, cooking yields factors and edible portion of foods. p. 213: Tehran: Nashre Olume Keshavarzy.
13. Grundy SM, Abate N & Chandalia M 2002. Diet composition and the metabolic syndrome: what is the optimal fat intake? American journal of medicine. 113 (9): 25-29.
14. Halton TL & Hu FB 2004. The effects of high protein diets on thermogenesis, satiety and weight loss: a critical review. Journal of the American college of nutrition. 23 (5): 373-385.
15. Johnson RJ, et al. 2007. Potential role of sugar (fructose) in the epidemic of hypertension, obesity and the metabolic syndrome, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease–. American journal of clinical nutrition. 86 (4): 899-906.
16. Kamphuis MM, Lejeune MP, Saris WH & Westerterp-Plantenga MS 2003. Effect of conjugated linoleic acid supplementation after weight loss on appetite and food intake in overweight subjects. European journal of clinical nutrition. 57 (10): 1268.
17. Kaur J 2014. Assessment and screening of the risk factors in metabolic syndrome. Medical sciences. 2 (3): 140-152.
18. Kolovou GD, Anagnostopoulou KK, Salpea KD & Mikhailidis DP 2007. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in various populations. American journal of the medical sciences. 333 (6): 362-371.
19. Kwon Y-J, Lee H-S & Lee J-W 2018. Association of carbohydrate and fat intake with metabolic syndrome. Clinical nutrition. 37 (2): 746-751.
20. Lakka H-M, et al. 2002. The metabolic syndrome and total and cardiovascular disease mortality in middle-aged men. Journal of the American medical association. 288 (21): 2709-2716.
21. Linardakis M, Bertsias G, Sarri K, Papadaki A & Kafatos A 2008. Metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents in Crete, Greece, and association with diet quality and physical fitness. Journal of public health. 16 (6): 421-428.
22. McAuley K, et al. 2005. Comparison of high-fat and high-protein diets with a high-carbohydrate diet in insulin-resistant obese women. Diabetologia. 48 (1): 8-16.
23. McKeown NM, et al. 2004. Carbohydrate nutrition, insulin resistance, and the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the Framingham Offspring Cohort. Diabetes care. 27 (2): 538-546.
24. Merchant AT, et al. 2005. Protein intake is inversely associated with abdominal obesity in a multi-ethnic population. Journal of nutrition. 135 (5): 1196-1201.
25. Mirzaei M, Salehi-Abargouei A, Mirzaei M & Mohsenpour MA 2017. Cohort Profile: The Yazd Health Study (YaHS): a population-based study of adults aged 20–70 years (study design and baseline population data). International journal of epidemiology. 47 (3): 697-698h.
26. Mittendorfer B & Sidossis LS 2001. Mechanism for the increase in plasma triacylglycerol concentrations after consumption of short-term, high-carbohydrate diets–. American journal of clinical nutrition. 73 (5): 892-899.
27. Nordmann AJ, et al. 2006. Effects of low-carbohydrate vs low-fat diets on weight loss and cardiovascular risk factors: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Archives of internal medicine. 166 (3): 285-293.
28. Pereira MA, Swain J, Goldfine AB, Rifai N & Ludwig DS 2004. Effects of a low–glycemic load diet on resting energy expenditure and heart disease risk factors during weight loss. Journal of the American medical association. 292 (20): 2482-2490.
29. Povel CM, et al. 2012. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in insulin resistance, weight regulation, lipid metabolism and inflammation in relation to metabolic syndrome: an epidemiological study. Cardiovascular diabetology. 11 (1): 133.
30. Rathnayake KM, Roopasingam T & Dibley MJ 2014. High carbohydrate diet and physical inactivity associated with central obesity among premenopausal housewives in Sri Lanka. BMC research notes. 7 (1): 564.
31. Skilton MR, Laville M, Cust AE, Moulin P & Bonnet F 2008. The association between dietary macronutrient intake and the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome. British journal of nutrition. 100 (2): 400-407.
32. Song Y, et al. 2012. Effects of a low-fat and high-carbohydrate diet on the physiological and biochemical indices in healthy youth with different body mass index. Journal of Sichuan University. medical science edition. 43 (1): 9-14