Rapidly changing dietary practices and a sedentary lifestyle have led to increasing
prevalence of childhood obesity (5–19 yr) in developing countries recently: 41.8% in Mexico …

Background Obesity is one of the most important underlying risk factors for chronic disease.
Dramatically increasing and following complication of obesity should be alerted to health …

Objective Childhood obesity is an important predisposing factor for most non-communicable
diseases. The aim of this review was to provide evidence on the prevalence and trends of …

Results Among 22,286 identified citations, 41 studies met the inclusion criteria with n=
71,998 and n= 353,513 for children and adolescents. The pooled prevalence (overall, boys …

BACKGROUND: In Pakistan, the disease pattern is facing a huge changeover from acute
and communicable diseases to the non-communicable diseases. Moreover, an emerging …

Adolescent Iranian girls are at high risk for physical inactivity due to cultural barriers such as
restrictions regarding exercising in public and research is needed to explore ethnic and …

Objectives Although sleep duration is one of the most important health-related factors, its
association with risk factors for chronic diseases has not been completely clarified …

ObjectiveThe present study aimed to investigate the determinants of overweight and obesity
among 6-to 11-year-old schoolchildren in Rasht, Iran. DesignCross-sectional survey. Data …

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between BMI and tooth decay
in a population of Iranian children. In this cross‐sectional descriptive/analytical study, 1482 …

We investigated the effect of exergames and aquatic exercises on lung function and weight
loss in obese children. Sixty-one obese male primary-school children were randomly …