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. 2014 Dec 23;13(1):121.
doi: 10.1186/s40200-014-0121-2. eCollection 2014.

Prevalence of obesity and overweight in adults and children in Iran; a systematic review

Shahrzad Jafari-Adli  1 , Zahra Jouyandeh  1 , Mostafa Qorbani  2 , Ahmadreza Soroush  1 , Bagher Larijani  3 , Shirin Hasani-Ranjbar  4
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Prevalence of obesity and overweight in adults and children in Iran; a systematic review

Shahrzad Jafari-Adli et al. J Diabetes Metab Disord. .

Abstract

Background: Obesity is one of the most important underlying risk factors for chronic disease. Dramatically increasing and following complication of obesity should be alerted to health politicians and practitioners to prevent associated health risks. This review aimed to give a better insight into the prevalence of obesity and overweight in different areas of Iran.

Method: All published internal (SID, Irandoc, Iranmedex), and international (Web of Knowledge, Pubmed, Scopus) source studies, reported the prevalence of overweight/obesity among normal population samples, during Jan 2005 through Jan 2014, were assessed in this review. Paper selection processes were done by two researchers separately. Studies which met the eligible criteria were included in this review.

Result: One hundred ninety three eligible studies enter into our review. Of 193 final selected studies, 86 (15 national, 71 sub national) of them were reported the prevalence of obesity/overweight in adult, and 107 studies (11 national, 96 sub national) in under-18 by individual. The range of overweight and obesity prevalence in national studies in adult, was 27.0-38.5 (95% CI: 26.8-27.1, 37.2-39.8), and 12.6-25.9 (95% CI: 12.2-13.0, 24.9-26.8), separately. In under-18 the range of overweight and obesity prevalence in national studies were 5.0-13.5 (95% CI: 4.5-5.5, 13.4-13.6), and 3.2-11.9 (95% CI: 3.0-3.4, 11.3-12.4).

Conclusion: Obesity as an important public health problem has been discussed in recent few decades worldwide. Although the national reported prevalence of obesity in Iran was not considerably diverse, but remarkable differences were seen in the sub national prevalence which must be noticed more in political health programs especially among women and children.

Keywords: Iran; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence.

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