background: obesity is a major risk factor for chronic diseases and has a role on high blood pressure, diabetes type ii, etc., this review assesses the prevalence of iranian children obesity and overweight for different age categories and compares the three standard definitions of obesity. materials and methods: to retrieve desirable studies concerning childhood anthropometric data from differe...

Objective: The data on the changes in the prevalence of obesity and overweight could help policy makers to make better plans for improving the health status of people; hence, the aim of his study is to evaluate the prevalence and incidence of overweight, obesity and abdominal obesity in Ahvaz during five years. Materials and Methods: Cohort study was the method of choice in this survey, conduc...

BACKGROUND Diastolic dysfunction is a common cause of heart failure with preserved systolic function in obese patients. OBJECTIVE To assess diastolic function in a series of overweight and obese patients using conventional and tissue Doppler echocardiography. SETTING AND METHOD University hospital; left ventricular diastolic function was evaluated in 99 patients (mean age 61.59 ± 13.9 years...

Obesity is one of the most significant independent risk factor for developing heart failure (HF) through direct and indirect mechanisms. Excessive secretion aldosterone activation renin-angiotensin system (RAAS) in obese patients leads to sodium retention an increase extracellular volume, which contributes development increased cardiovascular risk. Abdominal visceral obesity associated not only...

OBJECTIVE Several studies have shown an increased risk for neural tube defects associated with prepregnancy maternal obesity. Because few recent studies have examined the relation between maternal prepregnancy obesity and overweight and other birth defects, we explored the relation for several birth defects and compared our findings with those of previous studies. METHODS We conducted a popul...

background: obesity and underweight are both a public health concern worldwide. being overweight, and obesity are primary risk factors for the development of chronic conditions including hypertension. data on obesity and the underweight as well as their association with hypertension in thai children, specifically, are scant. this study was aimed to assess the relationship between obesity or und...

conclusions the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children under 5 years is high. overweight and obesity should be considered an epidemic and serious health problem in tehran. they certainly require more attention and intervention. results the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children were 12% and 23.7% respectively. the prevalence of overweight was significantly higher in girls th...

background: obesity and overweight, as the most common metabolic disorders, are great health problem during recent decades. obesity takes a role as independent or concordant risk factor for many diseases. so, it has a considerable share in burden of morbidities and mortalities. urbanization and its consequences in increasing of incomes and per capita energy uptake, besides the notable reduction...