conclusions the findings point to a relationship between neighborhood characteristics and obesity only in the azeri turks. however, educational level was more important than neighborhood quality in predicting the risk of obesity results three common neighborhood environments were identified: 1) modern-affluent, 2) central-high access and 3) marginal. these three factors explained 73.2% of the t...

background: obesity is growing rapidly in our country. nutrition is an important associate of obesity. the aim of this study was to determine the association between fruit and vegetable intake with the waist circumference and the body mass index (bmi) among young female university students.   methods: this cross sectional study was conducted on 236 healthy female university students aged betwee...

background coronary heart disease (chd) is one of the most common and life-threatening diseases in both developed and developing countries and a close correlation has been found between different types of obesity and chd. objectives the current study investigated the relationship between central obesity and coronary heart disease risk factors in chd referral outpatients to khatam clinic, zaheda...

background: the effect of high‑legume hypocaloric diet on metabolic features in women is unclear. this study provided an opportunity to find effects of high‑legume diet on metabolic features in women who consumed high legumes at pre‑study period. methods: in this randomized controlled trial after 2 weeks of a run‑in period on an isocaloric diet, 42 premenopausal women with central obesity were ...

conclusions the current study findings suggest that the iranian central obesity making dietary pattern is directly associated with waist circumference (marker of central obesity), while lacto vegetarian dietary pattern is reversely associated with weight, waist circumference and bmi. special obesity pattern in iranian young females can be justified by iranian central obesity making dietary patt...