2018•PubMedOpen access

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Overweight or Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in Iranian Population: A Population-based Study of Northwestern Iran.

Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Leila Nikniaz, Zeinab Nikniaz

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BACKGROUND: This population-based study aimed at investigating the prevalence and associated factors of over-weight /obesity and abdominal obesity in Iran. METHODS: The study population consists of 2818 inhabitant of the urban and regional area of East-Azerbaijan, Iran in 2015. The weight, height and waist circumferences were measured and the body mass index (BMI) and conicity index were calculated. The ANCOVA and logistic regression were used for statistical analysis. RESULTS: < 0.001) were also more expected to be overweight or obese and abdominally obese respectively. CONCLUSION: More actions mostly focusing on education and physical activity levels, and changing eating habits are required.

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Key concepts: Overweight, Obesity, Abdominal obesity, Medicine, Waist, Body mass index, Logistic regression, Population