Endocrine Abstracts

Background: It has been shown that one of major causes of obesity in young people could be explained by physical inactivity and fat intake.Purpose: This study was carried out to investigate the prevalence of obesity, dietary pattern and physical activity status in Tonekabon girls, a mountainous city in north of Iran.Methods: In a cross-sectional study 311 girls aged 10–12 years old in Tonekabon were studied. Weight, height, wa...

Introduction: The integrated quantitative and qualitative method was used to evaluate the impact of a ten-year iodine intervention programme on school children’s health status in rural areas of Tehran.Methods: In survey, 188 students aged 6–15 years of two villages, Kiga and Ahar, were studied. These villages that are situated near the Tehran, were known for sever endemic goitre in previous studies. The clinical and biochemical measurement carr...