introduction: inappropriate body composition represents impaired energy and nutrient intake and can be a risk factor for many diseases, especially for cardiovascular disease. different methods have been suggested for the estimation of body fat volume and its distribution. however, they may be either expensive or hazardous for some groups of patients. sonography is a very accessible technique, w...

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: the type of body fat distribution has an important role for identifying risk of diseases. one of the simple anthropometric indexes for estimating type of body fat distribution is waist circumference index. this study is aimed to determine the type of body fat distribution in postmenopausal women and its related factors. methods: this is a cross sectional descriptive analytical study...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: epidemic levels of obesity and overweight in today's world are leading to a higher number of mortality and morbidity, especially due to cardiovascular diseases (cvds). body fat distribution contributes a great amount to atherosclerosis formation and therefore increased cvd incidence. the present study used the ...

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...