Association of junk food consumption with high blood pressure and obesity in Iranian children and adolescents: the CASPIAN-IV Study

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the association of junk food consumption with hypertension and obesity in a national sample of Iranian children and adolescents. METHODS: This nationwide study was conducted in 2011-2012 among 14,880 students, aged 6-18 years, selected by cluster sampling from...

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Main Authors: Moloud Payab, Roya Kelishadi, Mostafa Qorbani, Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Shirin Hasani Ranjbar, Gelayol Ardalan, Hoda Zahedi, Mohammad Chinian, Hamid Asayesh, Bagher Larijani, Ramin Heshmat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-04-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572015000200196&lng=en&tlng=en