Association Between Obesity and Blood Pressure Among Iranian Children and Adolescents: A Sub-analysis from the SHED LIGHT Study.

Childhood obesity has become a major non-communicable disease worldwide. It is associated with an increased risk of cardiometabolic factors, including diabetes and hypertension (HTN). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between obesity and HTN among Iranian children and adolescents.

Methodology of the Comprehensive Program on Prevention and Control of Overweight and Obesity in Iranian Children and Adolescents: The IRAN-Ending Childhood Obesity (IRAN-ECHO) Program.

Background: The World Health Organization program on Ending Childhood Obesity (WHO-ECHO) has developed a comprehensive and integrated package of recommendations to address childhood obesity. The present study, entitled IRAN-ECHO, was designed and implemented in the framework of the WHO-ECHO program.

Methods: The IRAN-ECHO program is implementing multicomponent interventions by considering life course dimensions.

Timing of puberty in Iranian girls according to their living area: a national study.

Background: This study aimed to compare the timing of puberty between various geographic locations and different ethnicities.

Methods: This national survey was conducted in 20 provinces in Iran. Healthy Iranian girls were selected from public schools using cluster random sampling.