Prevalence of Obesity and Overweight and Its Associated Factors in Urban Adults from West Azerbaijan, Iran: The National Food and Nutritional Surveillance Program (NFNSP)

Prevalence of Obesity and Overweight and Its Associated Factors in Urban Adults from West Azerbaijan, Iran: The National Food and Nutritional Surveillance Program (NFNSP)

Background and Objectives: Globally, the prevalence of overweight/obesity is increasing at an alarming rate. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 1.9 billion adults worldwide are overweight, and of these, over 600 million are obese. The purpose of this study was to determine the p...

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Main Authors: Bahareh Nikooyeh, Zahra Abdollahi, Forouzan Salehi, Sekineh Nourisaeidlou, Majid Hajifaraji, Maliheh Zahedirad, Nastaran Shariatzadeh, Ali Kalayi, Fariba Babaei balderlou, Jafar Gholizadeh salmasi, Rasool Entezarmahdi, Zhila Ghorbannezhad, Neda Lotfollahi, Mohammad-Reza Maleki, Tirang R. Neyestani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2016-04-01
Series:Nutrition and Food Sciences Research
Subjects:
Obesity
Prevalence
Azerbaijan
Adults
Online Access:http://nfsr.sbmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-38-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1

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