Following a healthy lifestyle may lower childhood cancer survivors' risk of developing the metabolic syndrome says a study. Adults who had cancer as children are known to be at increased risk for the metabolic syndrome a group of risk factors that increases the likelihood of developing heart disease and other health problems such as diabetes and stroke. People with the metabolic syndrome have some combination of factors including high blood pressure abnormal cholesterol and glucose levels and increased body fat. Kirsten Ness from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis and her colleagues looked to see if lifestyle habits might