OBJECTIVE To assess the national prevalence of overweight and obesity, as well as some associated lifestyle behaviours, for the first time in Iran. DESIGN AND SETTINGS This population-based study was performed in early 2005 as part of the World Health Organization (WHO) STEPwise approach to non-communicable diseases' risk factor surveillance. Dietary and physical activity habits were assessed...

Background Specific phobia (SP) is one of the most common mental disorders among general population. In this national survey in Iran, we aimed to identify lifetime prevalence, predictors, and co-morbidities SP children adolescents. Methods A face-to-face household interview was applied by 250 skilled clinical psychologists using Persian version kiddie schedule for affective schizophrenia school...

lstituto Beni Culturali (Institute for Cultural Heritage) is the cultural institution of Regione Emilia Romagna. IBC web site [6] has been completely revised in cooperation with Hypermedia Open Center [S], the laboratory of the Electronics and Information Department at Politecnico di Milano. We adopted W2000 model for requirements analysis and for the analysis and organization of the applicatio...

conclusions administration of gabapentin before surgery can reduce pain after lgbp. furthermore, it is not accompanied by significant short-term adverse effects. results the mean pain score in the group receiving gabapentin was significantly lower than the placebo group (p < 0.001). indications and dose of opioid consumption between the two groups were not statistically significant. incidence o...

conclusions the prevalence of abnormal lfts in iranian morbid obese patients is in high status especially the level of alkp. liver ultrasonography has high sensitivity for the fatty liver in morbid obese patients but lfts rise only in few patients with fatty liver. background obesity, a major risk factor for fatty liver disease, is increasing worldwide. morbid obese patients have a higher preva...

BACKGROUND Criteria for the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome are currently being reconsidered, as their usefulness is not the same for all phenotypes in relation to the risk of cardiovascular disease. AIM We analyzed the changes in metabolic parameters after a fat overload in different groups of patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 20 healthy persons, 30 metabolic syndrome ...

conclusions our findings suggest a strong relationship between eds and obesity, particularly morbid obesity. therefore, physicians must be familiar with eds as a mixed clinical entity indicating careful assessment and specific treatment planning. results sleepiness was not affected by gender in cases or controls. the sleepiness prevalence was 29 (52.7%) in the cases group and 17 (30.9%) in the ...