background and objectives: globally, the prevalence of overweight/obesity is increasing at an alarming rate. according to the world health organization (who), about 1.9 billion adults worldwide are overweight, and of these, over 600 million are obese. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in west azerbaijan, iran, in 2014. materials and methods: dat...

background: socioeconomic status and demographic factors, such as education, occupation, place of residence, gender, age, and marital status have been reported to be associated with obesity. we conducted a systematic review to summarize evidences on associations between socioeconomic factors and obesity/overweight in iranian population.   methods : we systematically searched international datab...

conclusions obesity prevalence before and after liver transplantation was comparable. education of obese patients prior to surgery and recommendation of medical nutrition therapy should be appropriate. similar medical care for the non-obese subjects could prevent increase in obesity prevalence. non-corticosteroid immunosuppressive agents had no significant effect on the development of weight ga...

childhood obesity and overweight are a general public health concern in a transition society. thus, the objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of overweight, obesity and their correlates with socio-demographic and life style related factors.this cross-sectional study was conducted on 760 representative samples of preschool children aged 2 to 5 years in urban area of babol, north...

over the last two decades a main focus in obesity research in iran has been on finding variables associated with body weight. it is now clear that prevalence of obesity is not uniform in urban communities, its distribution being dependent to a large extent on such variables as age and gender, as well as socio-economic factors. more specifically, the available information indicates that in the a...

Obesity is a widespread disease globally, with an estimated 7% of cases representing childhood-onset associated multiple comorbidities. Several genes have been implicated in the increased predisposition to syndromic and non-syndromic obesity. However, due genetic heterogeneity early-onset obesity, identification pediatric patients obesity that warrant evaluation poses clinical challenge. Conseq...

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...

introduction:childhood obesity is a major public health crisis nationally and internationally. the prevalence of  childhood obesity has increased over few years. it is caused by imbalance between calorie intake and calories utilized. one or more factors (genetic, behavioral, and environmental) cause obesity in children. physical, psychological, and social health problems are caused due to child...