Author's response to reviews Title: Estimating Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity at the Neighborhood Level: The Value of Maternal Height and Weight Data Available On Birth Certificate Records Authors:

Estimating prevalence of overweight and obesity at the neighborhood level: the value of maternal height and weight data available on birth certificate records

OBJECTIVE To determine the value of maternal height and weight data on birth certificate records when estimating prevalence of overweight and obese adults at the neighborhood level. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Regression analysis was used to determine how much variation in the percentage of the adult population with a body mass index (BMI) of >/= 25 (based on survey data) could be accounted f...

The Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Under One–Year-Old Infants in Yazd, Iran

Background: Exceeded weight during the first 1000 days of life can lead to adulthood obesity and health-related problems. In the present study, we aimed to find the prevalence of overweight and obesity and their related demographic factors in the first year of life in Yazd. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, recorded data of 600 infants were collected from health records of eight health cente...

Prevalence of Obesity and its Relationship with Birth Weight among High School Female Students in the City of Yazd

Introduction: The idea that factors during early critical periods of life affect on long term health is now a major public health concern. In this study, in addition to investigating obesity prevalence among female high school students in Yazd, the relationship between obesity and birth weight was examined. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 312 female high scho...

Author's response to reviews Title: Utility of Waist-to-Height Ratio in Assessing the Status of Central Obesity and Related Cardiometabolic Risk Profile Among Normal Weight and Overweight/ Obese Children: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Authors:

Reliability of self-reported height and weight measurement in the evaluation of adult overweight and obesity

Introduction: The validity of Body Mass Index (BMI) based on self-reported height and weight is of critical importance in the proper assessment of studies that rely on questionnaire-derived data. In this study, we evaluate the accuracy of adolescent overweight and obesity classification bpased on self-reported height and weight factors and propose a regression model for predicting the true BMI....