The positive association between number of children and obesity in Iranian women and men: results from the National Health Survey.

Background: To date, few studies have assessed the association between the number of children and obesity in couples. We aimed to investigate this association in men and women aged 20-75 years.

Methods: Data from the National Health Survey were considered in this investigation.

Sociodemographic and smoking associated with obesity in adult women in Iran: results from the National Health Survey.

Background: There is no study that had a sample size sufficient to study the association between sociodemographic and smoking with obesity in Iran. The goal was to investigate these associations in the Iranian women.

Methods: Multivariate statistical techniques included 14 176 women between 20 and 69 years of age.