In this fast-food era, people depend on ready-made foods and engage in minimal physical
activities that ultimately change their food habits. Majorities of such foods have harmful …

The incidence of chronic disease is escalating much more rapidly in developing countries
than in industrialized countries. A potential emerging public health issue may be the …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation of dietary and physical activity (PA) patterns with the
body mass index (BMI), and the associations between these patterns among children …

Background Food and nutrition literacy is an emerging term which is increasingly used in
policy and research. Though research in this area is growing, progression is limited by the …

Background This study was conducted to assess the national prevalence of different grades
of nutritional status (underweight, normal weight, overweight and obesity) among Iranian …

The manifestation of cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes, and
particularly obesity begins in children and adolescents, with deleterious effects for …

Objective this study aimed to evaluate the association of breakfast intake with
cardiometabolic risk factors in a nationally-representative sample of Iranian pediatrics …

Results: The mean DDS was 6.81±1.75. A total of 18.85% and 8.3% of participants were
overweight and obese respectively. In participants with scores≥ six, Body Mass Index, waist …

Background: A school-based surveillance system entitled the childhood and adolescence
surveillance and prevention of Adult Noncommunicable disease (CASPIAN) Study is …

Aim: To determine the prevalence of paediatric metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its best
predictive anthropometric index. Methods: This national study was conducted among 4811 …