introduction: complications of obesity and high fat in children are grave now and future. the aim of this research is comparing percentage of body fat in active and inactive girls using anthropometric parameters.materials and methods: this research is descriptive- correlation that 144 active(n= 70) and inactive(n= 74) girls aged 8 to 10 years old were selected by random cluster sampling method ...

purpose accurate measurement or prediction of fat mass is useful in physiology, nutrition and clinical medicine. most predictive equations currently used to assess percentage of body fat or fat mass, using simple anthropometric measurements were derived from people in western societies and they may not be appropriate for individuals with other genotypic and phenotypic characteristics. we develo...

Background: The study was conducted to examine the comparability of the BMI and Gallagher’s classification in diagnosing obesity based on the cutoff points of the gold standards and to estimate suitable cutoff points for detecting obesity among Iranians.Methods: The cross-sectional study was comparative in nature. The sample consisted of 20,163 adults. The bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)...

backgounds: a number of studies have focused on the effects of season of birth, as an environmental factor, on embryonic development. methods: in a retrospective descriptive work, heights (crown to heel), weights and head circumferences of the full term, normal, and singleton newborn infants in hamadan city (west of iran) were collected from their randomly selected files in fattemieh hospital d...

abstract objective: the aim of this study was to compare the body fat parameters in individuals with and without metabolic syndrome using an objective method. materials and methods: this case-control study was performed in tehran and consisted of 105 individuals with age range of 20 to 55 years. all participants were overweight and obese. ncep atp iii criteria were used for identifying subjects...

background and objective: lack of sleep (insomnia) is a common problem involving society members and inpa-tients causing different physiological effects. treatment includes a variety of several pharmacologic or other techniques. one of the non-pharmacologic methods is local heating of terminal organs (passive body heating). manipulation of body temperature is a potential therapeutic interventio...

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...

anthropometry is the study of human body dimensions and proportions among different races. in work environments, poorly designed workstations and tools reduce productivity and can lead to fatigue and musculoskeletal injuries. this study aimed to determine the anthropometric characteristics of iranian workers in comparison to three other asian countries. this cross-sectional study evaluated 400 ...

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...