Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) SPIRIT Club held a hybrid webinar as one of the student sports club activities that emphasizes increasing physical activity and improving nutrition to prevent non-communicable diseases, one of which is the metabolic syndrome at a young age. USU SPIRIT Club and Nutrition Department, Faculty of Medicine, USU collaborated to organize a hybrid webinar with the title “Metabolic Syndrome In Youth: What Can We Do?” This event was held on August 26, 2022 as well as commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the USU Faculty of Medicine which held on August 20, 2022.
Metabolic syndrome is a group of conditions that arise as a result of increased insulin resistance and fat deposition disorders, and the most concern is when it strikes a young age. The metabolic syndrome consists of atherogenic dyslipidemia, insulin resistance and elevated blood sugar, elevated blood pressure, prothrombotic conditions, and proinflammatory conditions. This disease is a risk factor for atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

This state of metabolic syndrome is also a cause of type 2 diabetes mellitus, and this disease is one of the four priority diseases. Approximately 442 million adults have type 2 diabetes. This condition can lead to complications such as kidney failure, stroke, diabetic gangrene, sepsis, and death. Metabolic syndrome can start at a young age. What needs to be considered is how the metabolic syndrome can be prevented at a young age.

Lifestyle regulation is the main key in the management of metabolic syndrome, especially at a young age. Application of a healthy lifestyle starts from setting a good diet and also the right exercise. Nutritional arrangements including the right schedule, type, amount, and cooking style of food are proven to be able to maintain blood sugar levels in patients with diabetes mellitus within normal limits, thereby reducing the risk of complications. Therefore, comprehensive training on nutrition management for medical students and general practitioners as the first line of treatment for metabolic syndrome cases must be carried out on an ongoing basis.

This hybrid seminar was conducted using the zoom meeting platform and offline in the MKK room, 1st floor, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara. This event starts from 09.00 AM in the morning until 12.15 PM in the afternoon. The speaker brought an interesting topic, namely dr. M. Aron Pase, M. Ked (PD), SpPD, K-EMD, FINASIM (USU/Indonesia) who brought the topic of “Clinical Diagnosis and Therapeutic Metabolic Syndrome”, the second speaker was Prof. dr. Nur Indrawaty Lipoeto, MSc, PhD, SpGK(K) (Universitas Andalas, Padang/Indonesia) who brought the topic of “Low Calorie Diet for Metabolic Syndrome in young people”, the third speaker was Dr.dr. Yetty Machrina, MKes., AIFO-K, Sp.KKLP (USU/Indonesia) who brought the topic of “Active Lifestyle Prevent Metabolic Syndrome in Youth”, and the fourth speaker, Dr. Pranav Kumar Prabhakar (Lovely Professional University, India) which brought the topic "Metabolic Syndrome and its Management by Herbal Medicine". This event was enthusiastically followed by online participants totaling 104 participants from students and general practitioners, and offline participants totaling 25 participants from students and the general public. For the future SPIRIT Club activities are to improve student achievement in the field of sports and good understanding of nutrition.