Background and purpose: The newborn birth weight is an important indicator for prenatal care, general health and fetal viability. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between pre-pregnancy BMÏ and pregnancy weight gain on neonatal birth weight. Materials and methods: Ïn a descriptive-analytical study, 16-40 years old pregnant mothers registered to prenatal clinics of Lowlagar...

Background and purpose: Âdolescent girls as future mothers have a very important function to train healthy generation and it is important to focus on their nutrition status. Therefore in this survey the effects of socioeconomic factors on body mass index (BMÏ) (as a nutrition status indicator) was assessed. Materials and methods : The subjects were 240 adolescent girls , 14 to 18 years of ...

Background and purpose : Ôverweight and obesity are generally considered to have a negative impact on longevity because of their association with many diseases, such as hypertension diabetes, coronary artery disease, osteoarthritis and cetain types of cancers. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of malnutrition (obesity and underweight) and some of their associated factors in...

سابقه و هدف: اضافه وزن و چاقی عمدتا اثر منفی بر طول عمر داشته و با بسیاری از بیماری ها از جمله فشار خون، دیابت، بیماری عروق کرونر، استئو آرتریت و انواع معینی از سرطان ها ارتباط دارد. این مطالعه به منظور شیوع سو تغذیه ( چاقی و کم وزنی) و برخی عوامل مرتبط با آن ها در سالمندان طراحی شده است . در این مطالعه نمایه توده بدنی قد (2متر)/ وزن (کیلوگرم)= bmi(index mass body) مورد استفاده قرار گرفته است.م...

Background and purpose: Spinal anesthesia is one of the most common techniques in general surgery. We studied the distance from skin to spine to determine whether there is any relationship between patients age, body mass index (BMÏ), weight and the distance from the skin to the spine. The measurment of the distance from skin to the spine is not as well preformed as the distance from skin to t...

Background and purpose: Ône of the prevalent psychological disorders mainly occuring at the end of adulescence and beginning of younghood is eating disorder. Their prevalence has been estimated to be about 4%. These disorders have different important complications such as, malnutrition and growth disorders. Studies have indicated that abnormal eating attitudes are predisposing of these disor...

Background and purpose: Preterm birth accounts for 10 percent of total deliveries and is the most important cause of neonatal mortality. Levels of salivary estriol is, among others, an important indicator for early detection of preterm labor. This study carried out to determine the relationship between preterm delivery and estriol level in saliva. Materials and methods: This nested case-co...

Background and purpose : Leptin and insulin are secreted from fat and Pancrease tissues respectively. They decrease food consumption and regulate homeostasis of body weight via central nervous system. Metformin is an anti hyperglycemia which is used for treatment of type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study was investigating correlation between leptin and insulin levels before and after treatemn...

Background and purpose: Nowadays, obesity is known as one of the factors that have a role on the quality of life. The purpose of this study was to determine the consumption pattern of food and obesity of female students at the Mazandaran Üniversity of Medical sciences. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional and analytic study was carried out on 116 female students of Mazandaran Üniver...

Background and purpose: Hysterectomy is one of the most common surgery in women and is followed by post-operative infections of respiratory and urinary tracts, wound, volva and boils. Prophylaxis with antibiotics is a preventive measure against post-hysterectomy infections. This comparitive study was conducted to compare the abdominal post-hysterectomy infections managed with 24 h-versus 7 da...