Prevalence of obesity in children has been increased during recent decades all over the world. Obesity, particularly, abdominal obesity AO is associated with the risk of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to assess obesity and central obesity within students aged of Birjand city. This cross-sectional and descriptive- analytical study was conducted on secondary and high school students, including girls For determination of AO, waist circumference and the percentage 90 or more regarding age and sex were used.
Among the studied students, average Chance of AO in boys was 1. It was 1. Regarding high prevalence of AO in Birjand adolescents, it is recommended that adolescents and their families should be warned for long-term outcomes of obesity on quality-of-life. Periodic studies are suggested for awareness of obesity trends in the coming years. During recent decades, significant worldwide increasing of obesity in adolescents has been reported.
The international diabetes federation considers AO of adults as the principle component of metabolic syndrome. Today, it is known that intra-abdominal fat has the most decisive role in development of insulin sensitivity. Therefore, study about the prevalence of obesity in adolescents in various regions of our country is necessary. The present research aimed to determine the prevalence of AO within years old middle and high school students of Birjand in The present cross-sectional and descriptive- analytical study was carried out on numbers of years old in Birjand students i.
Birjand is the center of South-Khorassan province, East of Iran. Samples were selected through multiple-cluster sampling. Following this, based on the population of each school and its ratio to the total population of middle and high school students, some students were selected from each class.
In following, questionnaires plus consent forms were sent to the parents of selected students. Finally, questionnaires were filled out and returned to school. Trained co-workers of the project, after getting the permission of the education office and ensuring coordination with it, referred to schools and recorded the waist circumference WC of the participated students in a standard way and registered each at the respective form. At the end, a few of the cases were excluded because of defects in the information offered and the final population of the subjects was students.
