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SUBMITTER: Najafi F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7014739 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Najafi Farid F Soltani Shahin S Karami Matin Behzad B Kazemi Karyani Ali A Rezaei Satar S Soofi Moslem M Salimi Yahya Y Moradinazar Mehdi M Hajizadeh Mohammad M Barzegar Loghman L Pasdar Yahya Y Hamzeh Behrooz B Haghdoost Ali Akbar AA Malekzadeh Reza R Poustchi Hossein H Eghtesad Sareh S Nejatizadeh Azim A Moosazadeh Mahmood M Zare Sakhvidi Mohammad Javad MJ Joukar Farahnaz F Hashemi-Shahri Seyed Mohammad SM Vakilian Alireza A Niknam Ramin R Faramarzi Elnaz E Akhavan Akbari Ghodrat G Ghorat Fershteh F Khaledifar Arsalan A Vahabzadeh Davoud D Homayounfar Reza R Safarpour Ali Reza AR Hosseini Sayed Vahid SV Rezvani Reza R Hosseini Seyyed Ahmad SA
BMC public health 20200211 1
<h4>Background</h4>Overweight and obesity are major health concerns worldwide, with adverse health consequences during the life span. This study measured socioeconomic inequality in overweight and obesity among Iranian adults.<h4>Methods</h4>Data were extracted from 129,257 Iranian adults (aged 35 years and older) participated in the Prospective Epidemiologic Research Studies in IrAN (PERSIAN) in 14 provinces of Iran in 2014. Socioeconomic-related inequality in overweight and obesity was estimat ...[more]