Prevalence and Trend of Overweight and Obesity among Schoolchildren in Ahvaz, Southwest of Iran | Zendy

Hamed Tabesh | Zendy; Sayyed Mahdi Hosseiny | Zendy; Farshid Kompani | Zendy; Azadeh Saki | Zendy; Maliheh Saeed Firoozabadi | Zendy; Roghayeh Chenary | Zendy; Mahta Mehrabian Fard | Zendy

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Prevalence and Trend of Overweight and Obesity among Schoolchildren in Ahvaz, Southwest of Iran

Author(s) -

Hamed Tabesh,

Sayyed Mahdi Hosseiny,

Farshid Kompani,

Azadeh Saki,

Maliheh Saeed Firoozabadi,

Roghayeh Chenary,

Mahta Mehrabian Fard

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

global journal of health science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1916-9744

pISSN - 1916-9736

DOI - 10.5539/gjhs.v6n2p35

Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , obesity , logistic regression , odds ratio , psychological intervention , demography , cross sectional study , childhood obesity , pediatrics , environmental health , pathology , psychiatry , sociology

Obesity is an important risk factor for some chronic diseases. Since the effect of obesity is long-standing, monitoring childhood obesity should be the first step in the health policy for interventions regarding early prevention of chronic diseases. In this study we aim to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among school children in the city of Ahvaz.

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