Parental Anthropometric Indices and Obesity in Children

The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between each parent’s Body Mass Index (BMI) and maternal age with weight status of children. This was an analytic cross-sectional study which was conducted on 12-year-old students from different areas in Rasht, north part of Iran. The checkli...

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Main Authors: Shahin Koomanaee, Manijeh Tabrizi, Novin Naderi, Afagh Hassanzadeh Rad, Kobra Boloky Moghaddam, Setila Dalili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-05-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/4310