BACKGROUND Asians are at increased risk of morbidity at a lower body mass index (BMI) than European Whites, particularly relating to metabolic risk. UK maternal obesity guidelines use general population BMI criteria to define obesity, which do not represent the risk of morbidity among Asian populations. This study compares incidence of first trimester obesity using Asian-specific and general po...

Background: The predictive power of obesity measures varies according to the presence of coexistent measures. The present study aimed to determine the predictive power of combinations of obesity measures for diabetes by calculation of a linear risk score. Methods: Data from a population-based cross-sectional study of 994 representative samples of Iranian adults in Babol, Iran were analyzed. Me...

abstract background: migraine is a primary headache disorder that affects the neurovascular system. recent studies have shown that migraine patients with general obesity have higher characteristics of migraine attacks compared with normal weight patients, but data on central obesity are scarce. this study was done to assess the relationship between central obesity and the characteristics of mig...

BACKGROUND Using dietary pattern analysis method could provide more information about nutritional etiology of chronic disease such as obesity. The aim of this study is to determine the association between major dietary patterns and general and central obesity among adult women living in Tehran. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in Tehran, Iran, with 460 women aged 20-50 years. Die...

According to WHO data, in 2016 the number of adults with excess body weight exceeded 1.9 billion (39 % inhabitants our planet over age 18), which more than 650 million (13 %) suffer from obesity. Due high prevalence, doctors meet and patients overweight obesity, they need nutritional correction at pre-hospital stage. Obesity as a result overeating, but paradoxically, can be accompanied by defic...

BACKGROUND Despite record rates of childhood obesity, effective evidence-based treatments remain elusive. While prolonged tertiary specialist clinical input has some individual impact, these services are only available to very few children. Effective treatments that are easily accessible for all overweight and obese children in the community are urgently required. General practitioners are logi...

BACKGROUND Childhood obesity could induce some risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) including serum lipid abnormalities, hypertension, and atherosclerosis. The present study aimed to comparison the lipid profile in normal children with cases having overweight, obesity and central obesity. METHODS In this case control study, which was conducted 2013, serum lipids for three groups of c...

case report: besides the interaction with other drugs (mainly warfarin and amiodarone). orlistat´s mainly side effects are gastrointestinal disorders such as the existence of oily spotting from the rectum, abdominal pain or discomfort, fecal urgency. there are also side effects at other levels, like flu symptoms, hypoglycemia, heathache or upper respiratory infections. there are other side effe...

As a public health problem, childhood obesity operates at multiple levels, ranging from individual health behaviors to school and community characteristics to public policies. Examining obesity, particularly childhood obesity, from any single perspective is likely to fail, and systems science methods offer a possible solution. We systematically reviewed studies that examined the causes and/or c...