Journal of Education and Health Promotion

BACKGROUND: Obesity and overweight in children and adolescents have become a global problemin recent years. Adolescence increases the likelihood of obesity in adulthood and associated ... Read More

Prevalence and predictors of depression in type 2 diabetes mellitus

. Ravi Kant; . Poonam Yadav; . Shruti Barnwal; . Vishal Dhiman; . Bruzily Abraham; . Kanchan Gawande

Volume 11, Issue 8 , September 2021, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a multifactorial disease and can be described as anoncommunicable disease of epidemic magnitude. Little is known about the predictors of ... Read More

Investigating high blood pressure, type‑2 diabetes, dislipidemia, and body mass index to determine the health status of people over 30 years

. Abdolhamid Zokaei; . Arash Ziapour; . Masoumeh Erfani Khanghahi; . Javad Yoosefi Lebni; . Seyed Fahim Irandoost; . Razie Toghroli; . Nafiul Mehedi; . Azadeh Foroughinia; . Fakhreddin Chaboksavar

Volume 10, Issue 12 , December 2020, , Pages 1-7

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INTRODUCTION: Over the past decades, the pattern of diseases in human societies had changedfrom infectious diseases to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and according to the report by ... Read More INTRODUCTION: Over the past decades, the pattern of diseases in human societies had changedfrom infectious diseases to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and according to the report by theWorld Health Organization, the highest burden of disease is attributed to NCDs. The study wasconducted to determine the status of hypertension, type‑2 diabetes, lipid disorders, and body massindex (BMI) among the patients aged over 30 years admitted to health centers of Karaj, Iran.MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross‑sectional study, the population included 2947 men andwomen aged 30 years and above admitted to six health‑care centers in Karaj. The questionnaireincludes demographic characteristics and had the questions on hypertension, diabetes and theirrisk factors, like lipid disorders and BMI was administered. The data were analyzed in SPSS,version 23, software using descriptive (frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation) andanalytical (Chi‑square and analysis of variance) tests (P < 0.01).RESULTS: About 10% of the participants had diabetes and 15% of the participants had hypertension.About 32% of the participants had dyslipidemia and 87% of the participants were overweight or obeseand over 35% were obese. Furthermore, with the increase in BMI, the prevalence of lipid disorder,hypertension, and type‑2 diabetes increased in the studied population (P < 0.01).CONCLUSION: According to the results, a high percentage of people had hypertension, type‑2diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and BMI in the population. Gender segregation showed that lipid disorders,overweight, and obesity in women were more than in men and percentage of people with hypertensionamong male were significantly higher than in females. In the case of type‑2 diabetes, the resultsshowed no statistically significant differences between men and women. The results may be helpfulin developing educational strategies and prevention and control of these diseases.

Maternal early pregnancy body mass index and pregnancy outcomes among nulliparous women registered in tertiary care hospital and urban slum hospital of a metropolitan city

. Swati Tukaram Dahake; . Uzma A. Shaikh

Volume 10, Issue 6 , June 2020, , Pages 1-5

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BACKGROUND: Underweight is still prevalent in developing countries like India. Prepregnancy bodymass index (BMI) is used as the standard against which the measurements are made in pregnancy.AIM: ... Read More

Socioeconomic disparities in unhealthy weight: A need for health promotion among school‑aged children

. Shahin Soltani; . Zhila Kazemi; . Ali Kazemi Karyani; . Behzad Karami Matin; . Mohammad Ebrahimi; . Satar Rezaei

Volume 9, Issue 12 , December 2019, , Pages 1-6

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INTRODUCTION: Overweight and obesity as a major public health issue can lead to adversehealth consequences during the life span. This study aimed to measure socioeconomic inequalityin ... Read More

Competency in home body fat monitoring by portable devices based on bioelectrical impedance analysis: A pilot study

. Himel Mondal; . Shaikat Mondal; . Chayan Baidya

Volume 9, Issue 11 , November 2019, , Pages 1-6

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INTRODUCTION: With the advancement of bioelectrical impedance analysis method, body fatcan be estimated with portable devices at home. These devices are popular in home body fatmonitoring ... Read More

Obesity and its association with chronic periodontitis: A cross‑sectional study

. Shashikanth Hegde; . Elashri Chatterjee; . Rajesh K S; . Arun Kumar M S

Volume 9, Issue 11 , November 2019, , Pages 1-5

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BACKGROUND: Relationship among periodontitis, obesity, and chronic diseases may bemultidirectional. Inflammatory diseases such as periodontitis induce the production of pro‑inflammatorycytokines ... Read More

Association of ABO blood types and novel obesity markers in healthy adolescents

. Nazeem Ishrat Siddiqui; . Ajay Soni; . Sarfaraz Alam Khan

Volume 9, Issue 8 , August 2019, , Pages 1-5

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INTRODUCTION: Association of ABO blood type with body mass index (BMI) was explored in thepast studies, but literature on association of novel obesity markerssuch as total body fat ... Read More

Obesity and iron‑deficiency anemia in women of reproductive age in northern Iran

. Hajar Adib Rad; . Sayed Ali Asghar Sefidgar; . Ahmad Tamadoni; . Sadegh Sedaghat; . Fatemeh Bakouei; . Ali Bijani; . Shabnam Omidvar

Volume 9, Issue 6 , June 2019, , Pages 1-5

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BACKGROUND: Obesity and iron deficiency (ID) are two forms of the most usual nutritional disordersworldwide. Some studies have discovered a correlation between ID and obesity although ... Read More

Life and health satisfaction and their association toward health‑related quality of life, body mass index and chronic diseases in Iran

. Ali Kazemi Karyani; . Behzad Karami Matin; . Addis Adera Gebru; . Jafar Yahyavi Dizaj; . Satar Rezaei

Volume 9, Issue 4 , April 2019, , Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: The study aimed to investigate the associations between life and health satisfactionwith health‑related quality of life (HRQoL), body mass index (BMI) and chronic disease ... Read More

Predicting body mass index in women: The value of the psychological components of depression, anxiety, dietary restraint, and nutritional habits

. Behnaz Nikkar Esfahani; . Majid Kolahdouzan; . Abdulaziz Aflakseir; . Mojgan Gharipour

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March and April 2017, , Pages 1-5

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Background: Understanding the association between psychological affective disturbancesand anthropometric parameters, including body mass index (BMI), is important. These issuesmay have ... Read More

Cardiac strain comparison between workers with normal weight and overweight in the hot humid weather of the Persian Gulf region

. Habibollah Dehghan; . Seyed B. Mortazavi; . Mohammad J. Jafari; . Mohammad R. Maracy

Volume 3, Issue 9 , September 2013, , Pages 1-6

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Background: In the hot weather, overweight and obesity are considered as significant riskfactors for the incidence of cardiac strain in workers. This study is aimed at comparing thecardiac ... Read More

Fruit and vegetable intake, body mass index and waist circumference among young female students in Isfahan

. Reihaneh Seyed Ghalaeh; . Zahra Gholi; . Sahar Saraf Bank; . Leila Azadbakht

Volume 2, Issue 3 , August 2012, , Pages 1-5

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AbstractBackground: Obesity is growing rapidly in our country. Nutrition is an important issue of obesity.The aim of this study was to determine the association between fruit and vegetable ... Read More

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