Background Physical inactivity is associated with excess weight and adverse health
outcomes. We synthesize the evidence on physical inactivity and its social determinants in …

Background Despite substantial attention paid to the threat of elevated blood pressure in
children and adolescents in high-income countries and the epidemic of hypertension in …

The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) has witnessed significant social and economic
changes that may have influenced the diet of children and adolescents, and increased the …

Obesity rates are rising globally, but there is evidence that young people in the Middle East
and North Africa (MENA) region are at particularly high risk. We systematically searched the …

Background—Several distributions of country-specific blood pressure (BP) percentiles by
sex, age, and height for children and adolescents have been established worldwide …

Background: Hypertension is a public health problem, and yet few people are aware of it
and even fewer access effective treatment. With the ongoing demographic transition in many …

This situation analysis for the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region
focuses on specific nutrition indicators, namely low birth weight, exclusive breastfeeding …

Abstracts Background Dyslipidemia is an aberrant rise in blood lipids due to diet and
lifestyle. It has implicated as the major risk factor for developing hypertension among other …

Background High blood pressure (HBP) is an increasing public health issue for developing
countries. HBP is an important contributing factor to many non-communicable diseases that …

Background Hypertension causes considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide.
However, evidences on the burden of hypertension and associated factors are lacking …