Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Iranian School Children in Different Ethnicities

OBJECTIVE: Malnutrition, overweight and obesity are major health concerns in modern societies and especially among children. Overweight and obesity affect children's current and future health. It is known that the prevalence of overweight differs by race, sex, and geographic location. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Mirmohammadi, Seyed-Jalil, Hafezi, Rahmatollah, Mehrparvar, Amir Houshang, Rezaeian, Bibiseyedeh, Akbari, Hamed
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Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3446144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23056841
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author Mirmohammadi, Seyed-Jalil
Hafezi, Rahmatollah
Mehrparvar, Amir Houshang
Rezaeian, Bibiseyedeh
Akbari, Hamed
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description OBJECTIVE: Malnutrition, overweight and obesity are major health concerns in modern societies and especially among children. Overweight and obesity affect children's current and future health. It is known that the prevalence of overweight differs by race, sex, and geographic location. METHODS: In a cross-sectional study 30092 Iranian children aged 7-18 years in six ethnic groups were selected by a cluster sampling. Prevalence of obesity and overweight and distribution of body mass index (BMI) by gender, age, and ethnicity were measured. Cutoff points of BMI for defining obesity and overweight were based on the Iranian, and IOTF standard values. FINDINGS: This study showed a significant ethnic difference in BMI. Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Iranian children was 9.27% and 3.22% respectively comparing international standards. The frequency of overweight and obesity was higher in boys. CONCLUSION: This study showed a significant difference in BMI among different ethnic groups.
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spelling pubmed-34461442012-10-09 Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Iranian School Children in Different Ethnicities Mirmohammadi, Seyed-Jalil Hafezi, Rahmatollah Mehrparvar, Amir Houshang Rezaeian, Bibiseyedeh Akbari, Hamed Iran J Pediatr Original Article OBJECTIVE: Malnutrition, overweight and obesity are major health concerns in modern societies and especially among children. Overweight and obesity affect children's current and future health. It is known that the prevalence of overweight differs by race, sex, and geographic location. METHODS: In a cross-sectional study 30092 Iranian children aged 7-18 years in six ethnic groups were selected by a cluster sampling. Prevalence of obesity and overweight and distribution of body mass index (BMI) by gender, age, and ethnicity were measured. Cutoff points of BMI for defining obesity and overweight were based on the Iranian, and IOTF standard values. FINDINGS: This study showed a significant ethnic difference in BMI. Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Iranian children was 9.27% and 3.22% respectively comparing international standards. The frequency of overweight and obesity was higher in boys. CONCLUSION: This study showed a significant difference in BMI among different ethnic groups. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3446144/ /pubmed/23056841 Text en © 2011 Iranian Journal of Pediatrics & Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0), which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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title_fullStr Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Iranian School Children in Different Ethnicities
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Iranian School Children in Different Ethnicities
title_short Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Iranian School Children in Different Ethnicities
title_sort prevalence of overweight and obesity among iranian school children in different ethnicities
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