background: nowadays obesity is considered as a worldwide issue. although genetics is one of the factors associated with obesity, but the predisposing factors are nutrition and environmental factors.  there are several studies conducted regarding the relationship between nutritional factors and general obesity and central adiposity. therefore the purpose of this study was to determine the relat...

background: childhood obesity could induce some risk factors for cardiovascular disease (cvd) including serum lipid abnormalities, hypertension, and atherosclerosis. the present study aimed to comparison the lipid profile in normal children with cases having overweight, obesity and central obesity . methods : i n this case control study , which was conducted 2013 , serum lipids for three groups...

background: the current study was performed to identify the association between major dietary patterns, general and central adiposity among female teachers in tehran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 486 female teachers aged 40-60 years were selected by multistage cluster random sampling method in tehran. usual dietary intakes were evaluated using a semi-quantitative food frequency quest...

abstract objective: obesity is related to anemia which is explained its mechanism as disorder in iron absorption but the more rational reason is anemia of inflammation or anemia of chronic disease. the aim of this study was to define the prevalence of obesity in patients with normochromic normocytic anemia. materials and methods: we screened 406 patients who were referred to endocrine clinic. t...

Abstract Objective: Obesity is related to anemia which is explained its mechanism as disorder in iron absorption but the more rational reason is anemia of inflammation or anemia of chronic disease. The aim of this study was to define the prevalence of obesity in patients with normochromic normocytic anemia. Materials and methods: We screened 406 patients who were referred to endocrine cli...

abstract background: migraine is a primary headache disorder that affects the neurovascular system. recent studies have shown that migraine patients with general obesity have higher characteristics of migraine attacks compared with normal weight patients, but data on central obesity are scarce. this study was done to assess the relationship between central obesity and the characteristics of mig...

background: prevalence of obesity in children has been increasing during recent decades all over the world. obesity, particularly central obesity, is associated with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. the present study aimed to assess obesity and central obesity in 6-11 year old birjand elementary school children, east of iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 1...