background: metabolically obese normal-weight (monw) children and adolescents are characterized by body mass index (bmi) lower than +1sd with metabolic disorders such as hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and/or hypertension. this study wants to determine prevalence of monw, metabolically benign normal weight (mbnw), metabolically abnormality obese (mao) and compare the components of metaboli...

objective: to determine the prevalence of fractures and associated risk factors in healthy iranian children and adolescents. methods: in this cross sectional population based study, 478 healthy iranian children and adolescents aged 9–18 years old participated. baseline data and bone mineral content and density have been determined. one questionnaire was completed for all individuals including p...

children with autism spectrum disorders (asds) have great problems in social interactions including face recognition. there are many studies reporting deficits in face memory in individuals with asds. on the other hand, some studies indicate that this kind of memory is intact in this group. in the present study, delayed face recognition has been investigated in children and adolescents with asd...

Background and Objectives: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disorders. MS is increasing among adolescents. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of MS in 11-18 years old Birjandi school children in 2012. Materials and Methods: This cross–sectional study was conducted on 2394 eleven-eighteen years old school children in Birjand (1304 gir...

background: normal standard references of blood pressure (bp) for children and adolescents have been suggested to be constructed based on anthropometric indices. accordingly, we aimed to develop first bp reference percentiles by weight and age for iranian children aged 3-18 years old. materials and methods: a total of 16,246 children and adolescents aged 3-18 years were included from 3 cross-se...

background: socioeconomic status (ses) is a major determinant of health inequality in children and adolescents. the aim of this study was to evaluate the association of ses of family and living region with self-rated health (srh) and life satisfaction (ls) among children and adolescents.   methods: this study was a part of the fourth survey of a national surveillance program, which was conducte...

conclusions our findings show that, at provincial levels, a complex set of known/unknown influencing factors affect individuals’ assessments of their own health quality. understanding these patterns of srh and ls could be useful for better health policy and more targeted studies in this field. background self-rated health (srh) and life satisfaction (ls) are of increasing interest to medical re...

objectives the present study aims at evaluating the emotional and behavioural profile in children suffering from nafld and the quality of life in their mothers. patients and methods a total of 57 children (18 females/39 males) with nafld were compared to 39 age-matched control children (25 females/14 males). all participants were submitted to the following psychological tools to assess behavior...