ریحانه نورعلیئی

Obesity is a major public health problem worldwide. This review was carried out to assess obesity among Iranian primary school students.
All cross-sectional studies that conducted on prevalence of obesity in adolescents in Iran without any restrictions was examined. The search engines included national and international databases including: Magiran, SID, Iranmedex, Scopus and PubMed in August 2015. Stata software version 12 was used for analysis of data and to obtain a summary measure.
In all 25 papers had the inclusion criteria for the study. Studies showed that the prevalence of obesity in Iranian primary school students was 7.18 percent (95% CI: 5.63-8.73). The prevalence of obesity was higher in boys than girls (8.02% vs. 6.07 %).
This information might help to implement interventions to prevent obesity among Iranian primary school students. It seems that implementing interventions that aim to improve lifestyle and dietary patterns of this age group range are essential.

Overweight and obesity are one of the most serious health and social problems in the world today. The fact that obesity is highly prevalent among adolescents is particularly alarming، considering that the disease has many undesirable physical and mental consequences. This study examined the relationship between overweight and obesity and the quality of life. A total of 400 high school girl-students، selected by the two-stage cluster sampling، completed the demographic and sf-36 quality of life questionnaires. Their weights and heights were measured using the Seca scale (precision 100 g) and non-elastic tape (precision 0. 5 cm) by the researcher، respectively. The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the sample was 21. 8%. The mean scores of general health، physical health، physical limitations، and social functioning were significantly lower among overweight and obese، as compared to normal، subjects. Dissatisfaction with physical fitness، not living with both parents، poor economic conditions and skipping breakfast were factors associated with a lower quality of life. Considering the high prevalence of overweight and obesity among high school girls and their significant correlations with the physical dimensions of quality of life، attention to obesity as a major health and social problem on the part of health planners and policy-makers is of utmost importance.