background:  the prevalence of obesity in the elderly is increasing worldwide. obesity greatly impacts quality of life(qol). the present study aimed to investigate the association between obesity and qol among the elderly, in tehran, iran. methods:  this cross-sectional study (observational) was conducted in 2014 in tehran, iran. a total of 421 elderly people aged ≥ 60 years old were recruited ...

background: the aim of this study was to assess the predictive capacity of body composition estimated by bioelectrical impedance analysis (bia) to identify abnormal blood pressure in physical education and sport teaching students in the city of ankara. methods: data for this cross-sectional study were obtained in the city of ankara in 2014. a total of 133 students aged 20-35 yr participated in ...

background: this study aimed to investigate the relationship between health related quality of life (hrqol), motor ability and weight status in children. methods: two hundred forty children ages 9-11 yr who were selected via multi stage cluster sampling design from primary schools in the shahre qods at tehran, iran in 2007. hrqol was assessed by the pediatric quality of life inventory (pedsql)....

background: the sensitivity and specificity of body mass index (bmi) percentiles of centers for disease control 2000 (cdc2000) standard was compared with child actual overweight which was identified by fat mass index (fmi) and overweight status in these children based on bmi and fmi. methods: in this case-control study, elementary school girls (aged 8-10 years) were recruited from schools of is...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: the purpose of this study is to determine sensitivity and specificity of body mass index (bmi) based on center for disease control 2000 (cdc) percentiles compared to fat mass index (fmi) as an indicator of being really obese in children. obesity was compared based on these two indexes among children under study. materials and methods: th...

background: to determine relationships between healths related quality of life and body mass index in children aged 9-11 years old. methods: this cross sectional study was conducted on 240 children 9-11 year olds who were selected via multi stage cluster sampling design from primary schools in the shahre qods of the tehran, iran in 2007. pediatric quality of life inventory was completed by chil...

objective: nowadays the value of bioelectrical impedance analysis (bia) in the estimation of body adiposity both on a clinical basis in the individual and epidemiologically in large populations is of great interest. the current study determine accuracy of bia compared with body mass index (bmi) measurement for estimating body composition in a group of normal weight employee women with a sedenta...

background: the study was conducted to examine the comparability of the bmi and gallagher’s classification in diagnosing obesity based on the cutoff points of the gold standards and to estimate suitable cutoff points for detecting obesity among iranians. methods: the cross-sectional study was comparative in nature. the sample consisted of 20,163 adults. the bioelectrical impedance analysis (bia...

backgroundit is not clearly specified that which of the components of body mass index (bmi) affect body image and which of them do not. given that having information in this regard is of special importance as a basis for future planning for adolescents, the present research aimed to compare body image in female and male adolescents and study its relationship with body mass index in high school ...