background: obesity is a major risk factor for chronic diseases and has a role on high blood pressure, diabetes type ii, etc., this review assesses the prevalence of iranian children obesity and overweight for different age categories and compares the three standard definitions of obesity. materials and methods: to retrieve desirable studies concerning childhood anthropometric data from differe...

background: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is increasingly a common disease which is created by the accumulation of fat in the liver. about 20% of adults and 5% of children suffer from this disease. in some studies, half of obese children had fatty liver disease and approximately 90% of the patients with fatty liver were obese. the aim of this study was to evaluate fatty liver diseas...

conclusions elective gastric pull up can be performed for children who are not above 10 kg. in such settings, the risk of respiratory infections and other complications would be significantly reduced because of shorter duration of intubation. results the mean age was 5 ± 2 years in patients who were above 10 kg and 3 ± 1 years in those less than 10 kg. patients who were less than 10 kg had shor...

Overweight and obesity in childhood has reached epidemic levels, their roles physical psychological health are now recognized. Recently, researchers have focused on the impact of these weight problems health-related quality life (HRQoL) domains, which less investigated children. This exploratory study examined differences HRQoL domains between a clinical group who were overweight/obesity treatm...

background breast feeding appears to play a role in determining obesity and abdominal obesity during childhood, specifically in children with a history of low birth weight. objective the purpose of this study is to investigate the relation of breast-feeding with either of abdominal obesity and obesity among iranian school children. materials and methods a total of 1184 students (625 girls and 5...

Human noroviruses (NoVs) cause epidemic and endemic acute gastroenteritis in children and adults. To study the prevalence and genetic diversity of NoV in children in Tunisia, a total of 788 fecal samples were collected during a 4-year period in the region of Monastir, from children 12 years of age or younger, hospitalized or presenting in dispensaries with symptoms of acute gastroenteritis. NoV...

background: obesity and underweight are both a public health concern worldwide. being overweight, and obesity are primary risk factors for the development of chronic conditions including hypertension. data on obesity and the underweight as well as their association with hypertension in thai children, specifically, are scant. this study was aimed to assess the relationship between obesity or und...