background: increasing prevalence of obesity is a major health concern. lifestyle behaviors and diet play an important role in developing childhood obesity. the aim of this study was to determine the association between major dietary patterns and overweight/obesity in a group of iranian school‑aged children. methods: this cross‑sectional study was conducted in isfahan, iran with 637 elementary ...

background: the current study was performed to identify the association between major dietary patterns, general and central adiposity among female teachers in tehran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 486 female teachers aged 40-60 years were selected by multistage cluster random sampling method in tehran. usual dietary intakes were evaluated using a semi-quantitative food frequency quest...

Background: Diet is considered as an important contributor to the development of the cancers. In the present study, the association of dietary patterns with gastric cancer risk was studied. Methods: In the present case-control study, 192 newly diagnosed gastric cancer patients and 365 subjects as control group were included. The participants in each group underwent face-to-face interview. For ...

background and aims: depression is a growing public health problem in the world. in this study we investigated the relationship between dietary patterns and depression in adults aged 20-50 years living in shiraz, iran. methods: in a cross-sectional study, 416 subjects (180 men and 236 women) aged 20 to 50 years were selected by stratified multistage random sampling. dietary intakes were assesse...

conclusions four major dietary patterns were identified in the present studied population that can be used to provide tangible dietary advice for the elderly. results four major dietary patterns were identified in the studied population: 1) healthy pattern, characterized by a higher intake of vegetables, tomato and tomato sauce, vegetable oil, olive, and fruits; 2) unhealthy pattern, characteri...

conclusions using fuzzy logic provides an elegant mathematical solution for finding the optimum point of food groups in dietary pattern. results the optimum (lower attention – upper attention) recommended servings per day for fruits, vegetables, grain, meat, dairy, and oils of the 2000 kcal diet were 4.06 (3.75-4.25), 6.69 (6.25-7.00), 5.69 (5.75-6.25), 4.94 (4.5-5.2), 2.75(2.50-3.00), and 2.56...