This study aimed to determine the association between overweight and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Tehranian school children. A total of 631 school children aged 8-14 year old were selected from elementary and secondary schools, and body weight status was determined according to WHO growth references for 5-19 year old children. Children were categorized into the overweight and non-o...

to investigate the association of sub-fertility/ infertility with increased bmi in overweight and obese men and in control group in karnataka, south india. in this pilot study 20 overweight and obese men, aged 25-45, and 10 normal-weighed men with proven fertility were included. both groups were married. all cases and controls were evaluated for different semen parameters according to world hea...

background: obesity and overweight among children is a major public health problem in developed and developing countries and has important health and economic implications. this longitudinal study aimed to assessing the prevalence trend of overweight and obesity in west azerbaijan in north west of iran. methods: this study was a longitudinal follow-up study and was conducted in school children ...

obesity is an epidemic nutritional disease caused mainly by excessive dietary intake and/or insufficient exercise. the purpose of this study was to investigate associations between a number of demographic characteristics and eating habits with prevalence of overweight and obesity in hospital employees. the study was cross-sectional performed on employees of namazi hospital in shiraz, iran. subj...

INTRODUCTION Low-grade inflammation and increased immunity related to cardiovascular diseases have been described in children and adults, however, studies in Mexican adolescents are being done at present. OBJECTIVE To evaluate inflammatory proteins and indicators of immunity in adolescents by gender and body mass index. MATERIAL AND METHODS 115 Mexican adolescents, 15-18 years old (36 men),...

We investigated the impact of combined effect of body mass index and waist-to-height ratio on risk of diabetes. Overweight and abdominal obesity were defined as body mass index ≥23 kg/m2 and waist-to-height ratio ≥0.5, respectively. We divided participants into four groups according to presence of overweight and/or abdominal obesity. About 20% individuals with overweight did not complicated wit...

childhood obesity and overweight are a general public health concern in a transition society. thus, the objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of overweight, obesity and their correlates with socio-demographic and life style related factors.this cross-sectional study was conducted on 760 representative samples of preschool children aged 2 to 5 years in urban area of babol, north...

BACKGROUND Care for overweight children in general practice involves collaboration with parents. Acknowledging the parents' frames of references is a prerequisite for successful management. We therefore aimed to analyse parental beliefs about the presumed causes and consequences of overweight in children and expectations towards the GP. Moreover, we aimed at comparing the beliefs and expectatio...