Weight disorders and anthropometric indices according to socioeconomic status of living place in Iranian children and adolescents: The CASPIAN-IV study

Background: Excess weight in children and adolescents is a multi-factorial phenomenon and associated with earlier risk of obesity-related diseases. This study aims to assess the prevalence of weight disorders and the mean values of anthropometric indices according to regional, socioeconomic, and urb...

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Main Authors: Maryam Bahreynian, Roya Kelishadi, Mostafa Qorbani, Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Amir Kasaeian, Gelayol Ardalan, Tahereh Arefi Rad, Fereshteh Najafi, Hamid Asayesh, Ramin Heshmat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2015;volume=20;issue=5;spage=440;epage=453;aulast=Bahreynian