The metabolic syndrome (MS) is one of the greatest public health problems of our time, since it favors the increase of cardiovascular diseases, arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes; Therefore, the objective of the present study is to determine the presence of MS in high school students of the I.E. 80818 "Jorge Basadre Grohmann" Florence de Mora, 2016. The population sample consisted of 130 students (chosen by random stratified sampling). Anthropometric tests (weight, height, BMI), blood pressure measurement and biochemical tests were performed to determine serum levels of glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol, HDL, VLDL, LDL, cholesterol / HDL ratio, prior consent and assent Informed by parents and students respectively. The experimental work was carried out in the Laboratory of Biological Analysis "Cartavio". From the evaluation it was found that 11.54% of the total population had MS...