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 ...

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...

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...

abstract background and objective: obesity is an important risk factor for development of hypertension. we investigated the association between body mass index (bmi) and blood pressure in adolescents. methods: the cross-sectional study was performed on 694 adolescents aged 12-18 years from middle and high schools located in 4 districts of shiraz, iran. height, weight, and systolic and diastolic...

background:excess weight may be associated with mental distress and this relationship varies according to the socio-cultural background of different populations. this study aims to assess the relationship of overweight and obesity with some psychological disorders in a nationally representative sample of iranian adolescents. methods:this nationwide study was conducted in 2009-2010 among 5570 st...

Background: Studies on the relationship of urinary sodium with overweight and obesity led to controversial results. Furthermore, no study has ever investigated the association between sodium status and obesity in Iranian adults. The present study examined the association of urinary sodium levels with overweight and obesity in adults living in Yazd, Iran. Methods: The present study recruited 240...

conclusions obesity is not a potential risk factor for periodontal disease in children of low-income families. however, periodontal disease is associated with increased bmi. promotion of healthy nutrition and adequate physical activity may prevent the progression of periodontal disease. results a significant association was found between bmi and ohi (p = 0.001). also, a significant reverse corr...