physical fitness has an inverse correlation with systemic inflammation. this essence show that anti inflammatory effects of physical activity my explain some of its beneficial influences on body systems. then, regarding to the effects of physical training on biochemical and physiological aspects in human, this present study attempted to investigate the effect of resistance training on some of s...

introduction: since weight management is affected by various factors, including social and behavioral ones, this study aimed to explore the peoples’ experience of barriers and facilitators of weight management. materials and methods: this qualitative content analysis was conducted as the initial step of tabassom study. participants, who tried to reduce their weight at least once, were selected ...

background: according to the relationship between general and central obesity with chronic disease and also the effect of the dietary fatty acids on anthropometric measurements, the purpose of the current study was to assess the  effect of a mufa-rich diet on the anthropometric measurements indexes in overweight women. methods: this randomized cross-over clinical trial included 17 overweight wo...

objective: obesity is a major health problem. overweight and obesity have been identified as one of the 10 leading health indicators. this study was designed to evaluate the body mass index in iranian university student sample. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study on 911 iranian university students aged 18-25 years who were selected by simple random sampling. weight, height a...

We wish to report a case of lymphangioleiomyomatosis in an 86-yr-old female who presented with acute breathlessness on a background of increasing dyspnoea over a 3-yr period. She had been told that she had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2 yrs prior to this presentation, despite having never smoked. At the time of admission she was taking regular nebulised salbutamol but no other respirat...

The GCE web site has been set up and is available online at http://gcelter.marsci.uga.edu/lter/. Data sets from the Georgia Rivers LMER as well as new data from the LTER are being organized in the database associated with this web site. We have made presentations about the GCE LTER at local and coastal schools and to a meeting of the research coordinators from NOAA’s National Estuarine Research...

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...

background: obesity is one of the major health problems in the world; in this regard iran is not an exception. the present study was conducted to investigate the overweight, obesity, and its related factors in adult women who referred to health centers in shiraz, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 240 women who referred to health centers and aged 18-65 years old were selected through...