BACKGROUND Body mass index (BMI) does not make a distinction between fat mass and lean mass. In children, high fat mass appears to be associated with low maternal education, as well as low lean mass because maternal education is associated with physical activity. Therefore, BMI might underestimate true obesity in children of low-educated mothers. OBJECTIVE To investigate the associations of m...

the aim of this study was to examine the effects of two kinds of concurrent training on body fat percentage, body mass index (bmi), maximal oxygen consumption, body upper strength, body lower strength, total cholesterol, triglyceride and low- and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol in non-athlete overweight boys. for this purpose, 40 non-athlete overweight boys (mean age 15.33 ± 0.58) were sel...

the aim of the present study was to determine the effects of adenotonsillectomy on height, weight and body mass index (bmi) in children under 12 years old, with or without airway obstruction and evaluation of the risk of overweight in them. in this case-control study, 120 children with the age of 2-12 years old were studied; 60 children as case group who underwent adenotonsillectomy and 60 heal...

Today, the relationship between health-related quality of life at school (general satisfaction, relationships with teachers, negative emotions), body mass index with stress is challenging issues in domain of health and psychology. This study aimed to determine the perceived stress and its relationship with body mass index, general satisfaction, relationship with teachers, negative emotions. Dur...

prediction of the onset of menstruation (menarche age) using height, weight and body mass index (bmi) is a major health procedure. the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between anthropometric indices and menarche age in 488 girls 11-17 years in southern iran (kish island) in 2011.data was collected using questionnaires as well as measurements of the children's height and...

background: today prevalence of overweigh and obesity is increasing in most parts of the world. obesity plays an important role in creating health poverty in women and decreasing life span. the most common formula to assess physical health is body mass index (bmi). the present research was conducted to determine related factors (personal and reproductive characteristics) with women's bmi. metho...

Childhood obesity prevalence has been increased and known to be related to various diseases and mortality in adult and body mass index (BMI) has been widely used as a screening tool in children with obesity. It is important to understand what BMI is and its limitations. BMI is a measure of weight adjusted for height. Weight scales to height with a power of about 2, is the basis of BMI (weight/h...