BACKGROUND The global health burden has faced toward non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It is suggested that adulthood blood pressure (BP) is tracked from childhood. This study aims to evaluate the mean BP and the prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension in the Iranian pediatric population. METHODS In a national survey as the 4(th) phase of Childhood and Adolescence Surveillance and Prev...

background:leisure time activity is an important life-style habit. this study aims to determine the screen time ofa nationally representative sample of iranian children and adolescents. methods:this nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted as part ofthe fourth survey of a surveillance system. the participants consisted of 14880 students, with aged range from 6 to 18 years, living in 30 pr...

the present study investigated the effect of iranian university entrance examinations and the high school grade point average (hsgpa) on agriculture students' achievement. the population included 598 admitted students at the faculties of agriculture and natural resources, university of tehran. the specific variables of the study included college grade point average (cgpa) and average of major f...

background: healthy dietary habits are known as a key factor for improving brain functions and cognitive ability in children and adolescents. the goal of this study was to evaluate the association of healthy food consumption with mental health in iranian children and adolescents.materials and methods: data were obtained from the fourth national school-based surveillance survey entitled caspian-...

Amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) are the second most commonly used illicit drugs in the world, after cannabis. The production of ATS has increased worldwide, including in the Middle East. This review aims to assess ATS use in the Islamic Republic of Iran. PubMed, Scientific Information Database (a national database) and Iranian Center for Addiction Studies were searched. The review included st...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of addiction to the Internet, computer games, DVD, and video and its relationship to anxiety and depression in a sample of Iranian high school students. METHODS In this cross-sectional study 1020 high school students (males and females) were selected randomly from different areas of Shiraz city in southern Iran. They were inte...

BACKGROUND Recently the special attention is given to psychological aspects of childhood obesity in overweight and obese children. The present pilot study aims to investigate the association of obesity and lipid profile with school performance among Iranian students. METHODS 69 middle school male students between the ages of 12 to 14 in 2009-2010 were studied. BMI was considered as the obesit...