PMID- 17411464
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070614
LR  - 20190918
IS  - 1368-9800 (Print)
IS  - 1368-9800 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 5
DP  - 2007 May
TI  - Overweight and obesity among Iranian female adolescents in Rasht: more overweight 
      in the lower social group.
PG  - 450-3
AB  - OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the frequency of overweight and 
      obesity among Iranian adolescent girls aged 14-17 years and its possible 
      association with maternal education in Rasht city in 2005. DESIGN: A 
      cross-sectional survey on 1054 schoolgirls. SETTING: High schools in Rasht city, 
      Iran. METHODS: A multistage sampling method was used and 1054 randomly selected 
      schoolgirls were studied. Data on age and mother's years of schooling were 
      collected by questionnaire and body weight and height were measured. Overweight 
      and obesity were defined using age- and sex-specific body mass index (BMI) 
      cut-off points proposed by the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), and 
      compared with 85th and 95th BMI percentile curves of the IOTF reference 
      population, respectively. Data analyses included two groups based on mother's 
      years of schooling: less educated ( < 12 years) and more educated ( > or = 12 
      years). RESULTS: The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity in this 
      population was 21.9 and 5.3%, respectively. Results of logistic regression 
      analysis showed that the risk of overweight was higher for lower age group (odds 
      ratio = 2.0, 95% confidence interval 0.18-3.09). Overweight was more common in 
      girls with less educated mothers than in girls with more educated mothers (26.0 
      vs. 19.8%, P = 0.03). CONCLUSION: These data indicate that overweight is highly 
      prevalent among adolescent girls, especially in lower social groups in Rasht, and 
      the rate is exceeding those reported in other parts of the country. Preventive 
      strategies need to be adopted to combat the epidemic of overweight and obesity in 
      this population.
FAU - Maddah, Mohsen
AU  - Maddah M
AD  - Department of Human Nutrition, School of Public Health, Guilan University of 
      Medical Sciences, PO Box 41635-3197, Rasht, Iran. maddahm@yahoo.com
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Public Health Nutr
JT  - Public health nutrition
JID - 9808463
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Educational Status
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - Iran/epidemiology
MH  - Mothers/*psychology
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - *Overweight
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - *Social Class
EDAT- 2007/04/07 09:00
MHDA- 2007/06/15 09:00
CRDT- 2007/04/07 09:00
PHST- 2007/04/07 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/06/15 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/04/07 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S1368980007219664 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/S1368980007219664 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Public Health Nutr. 2007 May;10(5):450-3. doi: 10.1017/S1368980007219664.