our aim was to investigate the frequency of the behaviors that are most often associated with excess weight gain in kuwaitis and to determine which gender and age groups are at highest risk for each behavior.a questionnaire developed to identify barriers to exercise in western populations was modified for use with kuwaitis and posted online during september through december 2012. data from 1370...

background: work settings provide a unique opportunity for health promotion interventions. considering the issue of obesity in employees, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the intervention based on new communication technologies and the social cognitive theory on weight control in the governmental employees of hamadan city, western iran in 2014. methods: this randomized control...

background: prevalence of obesity in children has been increasing during recent decades all over the world. obesity, particularly central obesity, is associated with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. the present study aimed to assess obesity and central obesity in 6-11 year old birjand elementary school children, east of iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 1...

objective: obesity is a worldwide and major public health problem including iran and other countries. available data indicates that the prevalence of obesity has significantly increased among the iranian population over the past 30 years. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of obesity in yazd (central province of iran) population. materials and methods: this was a cross-...

Latar Belakang: Riset Kesehatan Dasar tahun 2018 menyatakan prevalensi obesitas di Indonesia mencapai 21,8%. Overweight dan merupakan salah satu faktor risiko terjadinya berbagai macam masalah kesehatan, diantaranya adalah dislipidemia diabetes mellitus tipe 2 sehingga diperlukan perbaikan gaya hidup, satunya dengan modifikasi diet. Diet Mediterania disebutkan dapat memperbaiki jaringan adiposa...

Aim: To investigate the causal impact of diet and sedentary behavior on Brazilian schoolchildren’s overweight/obesity using data from observational studies. Methods: Annual cross-sectional nutritional surveys over 2013–2015 period, with 26,712 children old 7–12 years in Florianópolis, Brazil, provided for this analysis. The applied an online previous-day recall questionnaire food intake physica...

OBJECTIVES To analyze risk factors for overweight among adolescents grouped in three different socioeconomic levels. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 1779 adolescents aged 11 to 17 years, grouped according to socioeconomic status (low, middle, and high). Parents reported their own anthropometric data and the adolescents had their anthropometric data taken by trained researchers, an...

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 b...