Prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among high-school girls in Sistan va Baluchistan

This descriptive study determined the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among 752 high-school girls aged 14-18 years in Sistan va Baluchistan province, Islamic Republic of Iran. Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention body mass index percentiles, the prevalences of underweight, overweight and obesity were 16.2%, 8.6% and 1.5% respectively. These rates were similar to the ones obtained using World Health Organization, First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and International Obesity Task Force criteria. The frequency of underweight in high-school girls in this province is higher than most countries and other parts of the Islamic Republic of Iran

[ prevalence of obesity and wasting in primary school girls in the city of Zahedan]

One of the routine methods in diagnosis of physical growth and study of obesity and wasting prevalence in children is, through body weight and height indicators and its comparison with NCHS standard respectively. According to a descriptive study 2067 girl students from primary schools aged 7-11 years were chosen in a randomized and systemic method from two different areas of Zahedan. Hence weight and height were measured. In order to determine under weight, stunting and wasting different indices as: body weight for age, height for age and weight for height on the basis of NCHS standard were employed. On the basis of below 3[rd] percenile NCHS standard was determined malnutrition. Furthermore obesity was determined by body mass index too, in this regard below 5[th] percentile was considered wasting and above 95[th] percentile obese. The results on the basis of weight for age, weight for height and height for age were 5.6% [under weight], 9% [wasting] and 15% [stunting] respectively. According to percentiles of 'he weight for height 11.2% and 14.2% of the students were waste in lower and higher class respectively. According to increasing of the age, the different percentiles of weight and height growth were more changed as compared with NCHS standard. However on the basis of body mass indexes 1% of students were obese and those in higher class had better situation than those in lower lass. Therefore it is concluded that obesity is not a major problem as compared to wasting. Besides it seems the reduction of those indicators were showed different degree of protein energy malnutrition in the children. Hence it is usually recommend further studies and applied from regional standards

[Comparison of growth pattern in children under 6 years with standard national center for health statistics [NCHS]]

One of the applicable methods in determination of nutritional status and health is surveillance and assessment of physical growth. The attention to growth of children can be determined failure to thrive and protein energy malnutrition [PEM] in primary period of life. According to above stated, the objective of this study was to detect percentile of body weight and height children under 6 years. In Zahedan and its comparison with the standard NCHS. In a descriptive - analystical, cross-sectional study 4500 children under 6 years [2250 girls and 2250 boys] referred to treatment and health centers were selected by proportional and randomized method from 5 area of Zahedan. The body weight and height were measured, Statistical analysis were applied using SPSS. The findings showed weight growth in girls were higher than the boys in third and fifth percentiles of one year old, but the body weight of boys was higher than that of the girls. The variations of body weight and height indices were very much and a different degree of PEM was in our population. On the basis of weight index for age 21.9% and girls and 5.8% boys were more than 97[th] percentile in comparison with the standard NCHS. On the basis of as: height for age 31% and 36.5% of girls and boys between 61-72 month respectively were under 3[rd] percentile [stunting]. According to the percentile of height for age there was not a significant difference between different age groups in boys [P>0.05]. According to 3[rd] percentile the trend of height growth in the boys were higher than that in girls. In the boys, with age increase the percent of under weight, wasting and stunting cases were more than those in girls [P<0.0001]. On the basis of different mean in percentile of body weight and height in the boys and girls in comparison with the children. There were PEM in the boys more than girls. The results showed that NCHS standard could not be applied for determination of weight and height in all different groups of Iranian children, especially our population had different variation of epidemiologic and demographic characteristics. Hence, for more precise assessment it is recommended to design longitudinal study in the population