Inequality in School Readiness and Autism among 6-Year-Old Children across Iranian Provinces: National Health Assessment Survey Results.

Objective: To assess the national inequality of school readiness and autism among 6-year-old Iranian children before school entry using a national health assessment survey.

Methods: In a cross-sectional nationwide survey, all Iranian children entering public and private elementary schools were asked to participate in a mandatory national screening program in Iran in 2009 in two levels of screening and diagnostic levels.

Findings: The study population consisted of 955388 children (48.

Secular trends in the national prevalence of overweight and obesity during 2007-2009 in 6-year-old Iranian children.

Background: This study aimed to determine the secular trends in the national prevalence of overweight and obesity among 6-year-old Iranian children, and to compare the results in Northern, Central and Southern parts of the country.

Methods: The data were collected as part of a routine and mandatory national screening program on children entering elementary schools in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Results: The study population comprised 2,600,065 children including 862,433 in 2007, 782,244 in 2008 and 955,388 in 2009.

Double burden of nutritional disorders in young Iranian children: findings of a nationwide screening survey.

Objective: To assess the national prevalence of short stature, underweight, overweight and obesity in 6-year-old Iranian children before school entry.

Design: Cross-sectional nationwide survey.

Setting: Mandatory national screening programme before entrance to elementary school in 2008 in Iran.