PMID- 15460273
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20041202
LR  - 20170214
IS  - 0379-5721 (Print)
IS  - 0379-5721 (Linking)
VI  - 25
IP  - 3
DP  - 2004 Sep
TI  - Prevalence of overweight and obesity among high-school girls in Tabriz, Iran, in 
      2001.
PG  - 288-91
AB  - Overweight and obesity are among the most prevalent nutritional problems in 
      developed and developing countries. In this descriptive study, we attempted to 
      determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Iranian adolescent girls 
      attending high school in Tabriz. A sample of 1,650 (final study group, 1,518) 
      high-school girls aged 14 to 20 years was selected by stepwise random sampling 
      from five districts of Tabriz. Overweight and obesity were defined according to 
      body mass index (BMI) percentiles from the First National Health and Nutrition 
      Examination Survey (NHANES I) and the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) BMI 
      cutoffs. According to the NHANES I criteria, 14.6% of the study subjects were 
      overweight or obese. Overweight and obesity was seen in 11. 1% and 3.6% of the 
      students, respectively. By the IOTF cutoffs, 14% of the subjects were overweight 
      or obese. Overweight and obesity were seen in 10.1% and 3.9% of the students, 
      respectively. Of the study subjects, 8% had a BMI below the 15th percentile of 
      NHANES I, an indicator of underweight. The prevalence of overweight and obesity 
      in Tabriz high-school girls is higher than in many, but not all, parts of Iran, 
      but lower than in some neighboring countries such as Saudi Arabia. In this age 
      group, in addition to overweight and obesity, underweight (BMI < or = 15th 
      percentile) is also present.
FAU - Gargari, Bahram Pourghassem
AU  - Gargari BP
AD  - Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry, Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Tabriz 
      University of Medical Science and Health Services, Tabriz, Iran. 
      Bahrampg@yahoo.com
FAU - Behzad, Mahdiyeh Hamed
AU  - Behzad MH
FAU - Ghassabpour, Saeideh
AU  - Ghassabpour S
FAU - Ayat, Arezoo
AU  - Ayat A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Food Nutr Bull
JT  - Food and nutrition bulletin
JID - 7906418
SB  - IM
CIN - Food Nutr Bull. 2005 Jun;26(2):234; author reply 235-6; discussion 236-7. PMID: 
      16060225
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - *Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Iran/epidemiology
MH  - Nutrition Surveys
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Thinness/epidemiology
EDAT- 2004/10/06 09:00
MHDA- 2004/12/16 09:00
CRDT- 2004/10/06 09:00
PHST- 2004/10/06 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/12/16 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/10/06 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/156482650402500309 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Food Nutr Bull. 2004 Sep;25(3):288-91. doi: 10.1177/156482650402500309.