abstract background and purpose: overweight and obesity are the health problem in adolescents and the main purpose of this study was to evaluate this problem and some socio-demographicrelated factors among two ethnic groups in iranian northern primary school children in 2010. materials and methods: this was a descriptive and cross-sectional study that performed on 4165 students (turkman = 2852a...

Ethnicity is a concept that marks social belonging as much it does difference, and lies at the heart of political debates well across academic disciplines today. Rooted in ancient Greek ethnos, term popularly understood ‘people’ or ‘nation’. It entered public discourse US Europe early 1940s, but only gained significant traction by 1960s. Emerging an important frame for anthropological research ...

background abo blood groups are associated with some important chronic diseases. obesity as a major risk factor of chronic non-communicable diseases is rising rapidly in iran as well as in developing countries. understanding the risks for obesity is important for its control. this study seeks to determine if there is any association between abo blood groups and body mass index (bmi). materials ...

background: neural tube defects (ntd) are one of the leading causes of infant mortality worldwide. this study was de­signed to determine the prevalence of ntds among native fars ethnic groups during 1998-2005, and to identify maternal and demographic factors associated with ntds. methods: we performed a descriptive cross-sectional hospital-based study in dezyani hospital, gorgan, north of iran,...

background : anthropometric data can be used to identify the physical dimensions of equipment, furniture, etc. the use of furni­ture that fails to fulfill the anthropometric data of its users has a negative impact on human health. specific anthropomet­ric dimensions are necessary to design school furniture. anthropometric data have been measured in many communi­ties especially among schoolchild...

introduction: brain weight and cranial capacity are important parameters in the study of racial/ ethnic differences. this study was done to determine the effect of ethnicity on the female’s brain weight in northern iran. methods: brain weight was estimated using linear (lee–pearson’s) formula in 410 normal 17–20 year old (207 native fars and 203 turkman) females in northern iran. dimensions of ...

the aim of this study was to assess the levels of maslow's hierarchy of needs theory had been fulfilled and to compare the maslow's hierarchy of needs among iranian different ethnic groups at tehran university of medical sciences (tums).this research was a descriptive-analytical study which conducted among administrative employees of tehran university of medical sciences; tehran, iran. the stru...