background: women engaged with polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos), as the commonest endocrine disorder, are known to have a specific type of adiposity. birth weight is among different contributors reported to be responsible for this diversity. objective: we aimed to compare the relation between birth weight and body fat mass (bfm)/ body lean mass (blm) in pcos and their age and body mass index ...

background: the sensitivity and specificity of body mass index (bmi) percentiles of centers for disease control 2000 (cdc2000) standard was compared with child actual overweight which was identified by fat mass index (fmi) and overweight status in these children based on bmi and fmi. methods: in this case-control study, elementary school girls (aged 8-10 years) were recruited from schools of is...

purpose the purpose of this investigation was to compare a practical measurement of fat free mass index (ffmi) from bioelectrical impedance analysis (bia) to the dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (dexa) value in collegiate athletes. methods thirty-three male baseball players and 16 female gymnasts volunteered to participate in this study during their respective pre-season. subjects visited the l...

purpose obesity is a common nutritional problem in both developed and developing countries. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweightness and obesity using both bioelectrical impedance analysis (bia) and body mass index (bmi). methods in this cross-sectional study, 288 healthy college students were selected. socio-economic status questionnaires were completed and subje...

conclusions physicians involved in care of methadone patients should recommend dietary and lifestyle changes to improve their overall health. results within one year from admission to treatment, a statistically significant (t-tests, p < 0.05) increase was noted in their body mass index (bmi), % of body fat, average body mass, and average basal metabolic rate, and relative decrease in their % of...

objectives: adolescence is a period of life in which the individuals face many mental problems concerned with mental body image. obesity could be the cause of dissatisfaction and makes adolescents’ self-esteem to decrease. this study aimed to examine the adolescents’ satisfaction of their body image correlated to their self-esteem. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study all of the...

purpose : to present a case of missed intraorbital wooden foreign body presented as soft tissue mass case report : we introduce a case of intraorbital wooden foreign body which presented with orbital soft tissue mass two years after trauma. a plain ct was requested which revealed a foreign body in the right orbit.conclusion : it is frequently difficult to identify and localize organic intraorbi...

background: because of well-established role of obesity in brain lesions, progressing cognitive deficits in obese patients has been recently suggested. in current study and for the first time, we aimed to assess cognition status in iranian obese people and to compare it with non-obese individuals. methods: one hundred and eighteen consecutive patients with the different cardiovascular and metab...

introduction: limited data are available on the relationship between nutritional status and tuberculosis. the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the body mass index (bmi) and serum albumin level in patients with active tuberculosis (atb) and latent tuberculosis (ltb). materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on 17 patients newly diagnosed with pulmonary tb  who we...

background and purpose: lifestyle is defined as the unique behavioral patterns and habits of an individual. if lifestyle is imbalanced, risk of illnesses and burdensome events increases. lifestyle plays a key role in the modulation of body mass index (bmi) and prevention of obesity. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between lifestyle and bmi in the administrative employees of boj...