INS and metabolic syndrome: Table 1 reports the associations of weight loss (i.e., ΔBMI, the independent variable as defined above) with changes in auxometric and cardiometabolic parameters (ΔY, i.e., [YT2–YT1], dependent variable), confirming significant benefits (at least p < 0.05) on FM, FFM, WC, HC, T-C, LDL-C, TG, glucose, insulin, HOMA-IR, SBP and IDF criteria for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome, with the exceptions of WHR, DBP and HDL-C.