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The prevalence of overweight and obesity in all age groups, especially in childhood, has become alarming. Identification, intervention, and prevention are important factors affecting it. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association the body mass index (BMI) in children and transportation to school in greater areas of Yazd during 2014 - 2015. This is an analytical cross-sectional study. It was conducted on 2000 primary school students between six to 13 years old who lived in the greater areas of Yazd. Data were collected using a validated questionnaire. Anthropometrics were collected using standardized instruments. In this study, 2000 students were enrolled and 1700 students’ information aged between six to 13 years were recruited completely. About 42% of the participants were male. The mean ± SD age of students was 9.55 (± 1.9) years old. The frequency of normal weight was 56%, overweight was 10.9%, and obesity was 20.6. Students who actively commuted to school had a lower BMI (P = 0.035). The results of this study showed that the way students can travel could affect their BMI. The use of vehicle was higher in obese and overweight students.

HDL can prevent LDL-c oxidation. The low HDL-c State also may benefit clinically from supplemented antioxidant. This study was designed to evaluate the combination therapy of statin and vitamin E in hypercholesterolemic patients. The patients were randomized in a clinical trial aimed to avaluate the effect of vitamin E and/or statin.The life style of patients didn''t alter during intervention. The subjects were randomized to two treatment groups A and B: (1) lovastatin 20mg daily at bedtime. (group A); (2) vitamin E 400 iu daily plus lovastatin 20 mg daily (group B). The lipid values of each patients at baseline and after 8 weeks of treatment were compared by paired t test. The mean baseline lipid levels for 60 subjects were as follows: plasma cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL-c and HDL-c 285 ± 68, 268 ± 121, 158 ± 32, 49 ± 11 mg/dl respectively. Serum lipid levels changes in group A (statin only) and in group B (statin and vitamin E) were statistically significant. In comparison of lipid profiles changes between two groups we observed that HDL-c changes in group B were significantly lower than in group A. Vitamin E supplement blocks the respons of HDL-c to lovastatin therapy in hypercholestrolemic patients.