Patterns of Obesity and Overweight in the Iranian Population: Findings of STEPs 2016.

ABSTRACT: Background: Obesity has become a common health problem all over the world. Benefiting from a national representative sample, the present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of overweight/obesity and the distribution of Body Mass Index (BMI) levels in the Iranian adult population, by sex, age, and geographical distribution. Methods: This was a large-scale national cross-sectional study of Non-communicable Diseases risk factor surveillance in Iran. Through a systematic random sampling cluster, 31,050 Iranian adult participants aged 18 years and over were enrolled in the study. The main research tools were used to assess three different levels of data, namely: (1) demographic, epidemiologic, and risk-related behavioral data, (2) physical measurements, and (3) lab measurements

SUBMITTER: Djalalinia S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7055062 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature