[Effect of green tea extract on anthropometric indices of overweight women in Zahedan]

Background: The prevalence of obesity is increasing as threatening in all age group in the world so it has became the serious problem in the public health, Nowadays, the use of medicinal plants has have been considered more than other methods of weight control, the green tea is considered one of these plants that So far the researches have been done on its effects on weight But the results of these studies have been inconsistent due to various doses and different methods so, this study was conducted to determine the effect of various doses of green tea extract on weight loss and body mass index in adults obese women.

Materials and Methods: This double-blind clinical trial has randomly been conducted on 60 obese women that were overweight, with a BMI> 27 kg/m2, WC> 87 [waist]. The samples were divided randomly into three groups of 20; in this regard, have received two intervention groups [experimental] recipient of green tea extract with different concentrations [50 and 100 percent] and control group [control] recipient of placebo containing cellulose. Each participant received daily three times [one hour before each meal] of green tea extract or placebo for 12 weeks. All samples were measured in the baseline and weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 in terms of anthropometric measures [weight, height, waist circumference, hip circumference, body mass index [BMI] and waist-hip ratio [WHR]. the data were collected and have been analyzed in the different groups By using of software SPSS 19 - Sas9.2 and statistical test of one-way Anova and was used repeated Measurement test for Comparisons of these groups

Results: In the baseline The mean and standard deviation of weight and BMI were in the experimental group which received 100% of extract, respectively74.19 +/- 4.3 and 28.95 +/- 0.8 and in the experimental groups which received extract 50% 1/5 +/- 34/74 and 06/1 +/- 69/28., which was reduced respectively, to 67.90 +/- 4.1 and 26.49 +/- 0.7 as well as 70.98 +/- 5.6 and 27.38 +/- 1.19 in the end of the study Which is indicative of a significant difference in the mean weight and BMI on these consecutive weeks[P < 0.01?P <0.05]. However, there was no significant difference on the mean of WHR among the three groups.

Conclusion: According to the findings, long-term consumption of green tea as a complementary treatment of low risk for weight control and general health promotion is effective.

Prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnant women in Tehran-Iran

Background: Maternal subclinical hypothyroidism during pregnancy is associated with various adverse outcomes. Recent consensus guidelines advocate universal thyroid function screening during pregnancy. There are no data from Iran about the prevalence of thyroid hypofunction in pregnancy. This study aims to find the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction

Materials and Methods: In this descriptive cross sectional study, thyrotropin [TSH] was measured in 3158 pregnant women irrespective of gestational age from October 2008-March 2012. If TSH was more than 2.5 mIU/L in the first trimester or more than 3 mIU/L in the second or third trimester, free T4 was measured to diagnose subclinical/ overt hypothyroidism. If serum free T4 was in the normal range [0.7-1.8 ng/dl] the diagnosis was subclinical hypothyroidism and if below the normal range, overt hypothyroidism was diagnosed

Results: A total of 3158 pregnant women were evaluated. One hundred forty seven of them were diagnosed as hypothyroidism. Subclinical hypothyroidism and overt hypothyroidism were present in 131 [89.1%] and 16 [10.9%] women respectively. Prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism was 4.15%. Most of the subclinical and overt hypothyroidism cases were diagnosed in the first trimester

Conclusion: It appears logical to check TSH during pregnancy due to the observed prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism

Association between malnutrition and depression in elderly people in Razavi Khorasan: a population based-study in Iran

To determine the prevalence of malnutrition and depression in free-living elderly people and their relationships [If any] in Razavi Khorasan, Iran 2007. To evaluate nutritional status, we used Mini Nutritional Assessment [MNA] method in free-living elderly people [n=1565 using cluster sampling, 720 males and 845 females, aged>/= 60 yr] and their relationship to Socio Economic Conditions [SECs]. Based on the final scores, our patients were classified into three groups: score 17-23.5 [at risk for malnutrition], score less than 17 [with malnutrition], and score 24-30 [well nourished]. To determine the mood status [here depression], we used Geriatric Depression Score [GDS]. According to this score our participants turned out to be in two distinct groups: depressed [score >/=8] and non-depressed [score< 8]. From the total subjects entered the study [1495], 22.07% were depressed and 11.5% and 44% were malnourished or at risk of malnutrition respectively. In depressed group, the prevalence of malnutrition was 14.5% [48 out of 330] and the prevalence of "at risk of malnutrition" was 45.8%, whereas the prevalence of malnutrition and at risk of malnutrition in non-depressed population were 10.6% and 43.3% respectively. From the aforementioned information we have concluded that there is a significant statistical difference between the prevalence of malnutrition in depressed and non-depressed individuals [P= 0.047]. With respect to the high rate of vegetative symptoms in elderly depressed individuals, malnutrition would have a higher prevalence in the depressed people

Gross Motor Development of low birth weight infants with the history of being in Aliasghar hospital corrected aged 8 to 12 months

The aim of this study was to compare the gross motor development between Low Birth Weight [LEW] infants and Normal Birth Weight infants [NBW] at the age of 8-12 months by using the Peabody Developmental Motor Scale-2 [PDMS-2]. This was a non experimental and cross sectional study which was conducted on 18 LBW infants with the history of being in Aliasghar hospital and 14 infants with the history of normal birth weight as a control group. Gathering the information was done by completing Questioner and then by using the Peabody Developmental Motor Scale-2 [PDMS-2]. Finally the scores of the motor quotients were analyzed by independent T test statistical method. There was a significant difference [p= 0.002] between the mean gross motor quotient of LBW [90.83] and NBW [106.78]. This study showed that LBW infants attain low scores of gross motor skills in comparison with normal weight infants. It indicated that the LBW infants are more prone to motor development difficulties