background and aim: adolescence is an important stage of life accompanied by deep physical and psychological changes frequently leading to body image dissatisfaction. body image dissatisfaction, found to predict the formation of eating disturbaces, psychiatric disturbances and low self- esteem. the present study examined the body image dissatisfaction and body mass index in adolescent girls. me...

Introduction: Birth weight, as one of the main indices of growth, is among the determining factors of survival. Given the absence of documented studies and lack of information regarding the influence of mothers’ body mass index (BMI) on newborns’ birth weight, this study was carried out with the aim to determine the relation between the mother’s BMI at the beginning of pregnancy and the infant’...

purpose adolescents are in increased risk for the development of obesity, while sport has been suggested as an effective means against adolescent obesity. the objectives of this study were to examine (a) the prevalence of overweightness/obesity, (b) the relationship between body mass index (bmi) and body fat percent (bf), and (c) the association between bmi, bf and physical fitness in adolescen...

purpose the purpose of this study was to examine the differences in physical fitness, physical activity, and sedentary activities among 7 to 11 year old boys with varying body mass index in ardabil, iran. methods the sample consisted of 766 boys who participated in eight weight bearing (1 mile walk/run, sit ups, standing long jump, vertical jump, shuttle run 4 × 10 m, 30-meter sprint, pull ups,...

height, weight and body mass index (bmi) of married adults aged 20-69 years with a school-aged child in shiraz (iran) are reported. smoothed centile values have been derived from the raw data by healy's nonparametric method. factors affecting obesity of adults are examined. shiraz adults are taller and heavier than most adults from developing areas of the world, but are shorter and lighter...