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Direct linkAbdolrasoul Safaiyan; Fariba Zarei; Hamed Rezakhani Moghaddam; Narjes Maasoumi; Hossein Matlabi – Child Care in Practice, 2024
Parental behaviors and attitudes are effective in health outcomes of children. Obesity among children has been found to be related with limited nutrition knowledge and unhealthy eating and habits. Therefore, this study identified the causes and factors associated with obesity among children and revealed their own routines from the perspective of…
Descriptors: Mothers, Obesity, Preschool Children, Parent Attitudes
Gordali, Maedeh; Bazhan, Marjan; Ghaffari, Mohtasham; Omidvar, Nasrin; Rashidkhani, Bahram – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine how transtheoretical model (TTM) constructions change through nutrition education for fat intake modification among overweight and obese women living in Shazand city, Iran. Design/methodology/approach: A semi-experimental design with intervention and control groups (50 women in each group) was…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Eating Habits, Obesity
Memari, Amir Hossein; Kordi, Ramin; Ziaee, Vahid; Mirfazeli, Fatemeh Sadat; Setoodeh, Mohammad S. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
The purpose of this study was to survey the weight status of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in Iranian pupils and further to investigate the most likely associated factors such as demographics, autism severity and medications. The survey was designed to provide a random sample of 113 children and adolescents (boys =…
Descriptors: Obesity, Poverty, Autism, Early Adolescents
Sarayani, Amir; Rashidian, Arash; Gholami, Kheirollah; Torkamandi, Hassan; Javadi, Mohammadreza – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Weight management is a new public health role for community pharmacists in many countries. Lack of expertise is one of the key barriers to counseling obese patients. We evaluated the comparative efficacy of three alternative continuing education (CE) meetings on weight management. Methods: We designed a randomized controlled trial…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Public Health, Cost Effectiveness, Vignettes
Rafiei, M.; Ayatollahi, S. M. T. – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
To estimate the prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) and to document distribution of body mass index (BMI) at birth in Arak (central Iran) neonates of the 10,241 live neonates (5241 boys, 5000 girls, sex ratio 105) born in 2004 in Arak. A birth weight of less than 2500 g was classified as LBW. BMI based on the original supine length and weight…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Incidence, Neonates
Maddah, Mohsen; Rashidi, Arash; Mohammadpour, Behnoush; Vafa, Reza; Karandish, Majid – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2009
Objective: To investigate the relationship of snacking during school hours, sleep time, and breakfast consumption by weight status of Iranian high school girls in urban and rural areas in Guilan Province, Iran. Design: Data were collected by self-administered questionnaire and measure of body weight and height. Setting: High schools in urban and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Females, Incidence, Rural Urban Differences
