A crisis in the marketplace: how food marketing contributes to childhood obesity and what can be done.

How Food Industries Can Help in Preventing Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome?

Cultural and Social Enigmas: Missing Pieces of Food Security

   The growing attention in food security has suggested many approaches to develop a society free from hunger and malnutrition. Methodological approaches are mostly used to overcome the challenges of food security, but food insecurity is more than mere availability and access to food. Cultural and social dimensions and their intricacies to achieve food security are mostly missing from the lite...

Prevention of Malnutrition in Children, Slimming Yesterday, Obesity Today

Introduction: The future of any nation depends on how its children's care, According to their likely future health needs of the adult population model for healthy living and wealth has increased. One of the most pressing health diet. This study is done to aimed investigate the factors influencing malnutrition in children in the past for weight loss and weight gain can be seen today.   Methods a...

Perceptions of Local Parents and School Staff on Childhood Obesity Prevention Interventions in Iran

Background and Objectives: Childhood obesity is an increasing public health problem in Iran, and there is no evidence for effective prevention strategies to date. The aim of this qualitative study was to identify and prioritise perceived potential interventions by parents and school staff to help inform the development of an obesity prevention intervention for Iranian school children. Material...

Effect of Genetic and Environmental Factors on Obesity in Children (Case Study: Qom City)

In this study we answer this main question: what extent genetic and environmental factors affect children obesity? Research methodology in this article is a survey method. For data collection, 384 children between 6-12 years old have been randomly selected from girl’s and boy’s primary schools in Qom city. Descriptive and inferential statistics are used for analysis. Findings show that 19% of...