Scientific articles
Effects of probiotics on body adiposity and cardiovascular risk markers in individuals with overweight and obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Guideline for Treatment of Obesity in Iranian Adults
Evaluation of the Effect of the Pre-Operative Exercise Training on Weight Loss, Quality of Life, and Cardiopulmonary Parameter in Bariatric Metabolic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Adherence to the Mediterranean diet can beneficially affect the gut microbiota composition: a systematic review
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Today, obesity is one of the basic health challenges in the modern global society.
Founder
In order to prevent and treat obesity, the Institute of Endocrine and Metabolism Sciences of Tehran University of Medical Sciences established an obesity group in September 2018.
Scientific affiliation
Obesity and Eating Habits Research Center, Clinical Research Institute of Endocrine and Metabolism, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran....
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History of the center
With the change in lifestyle in recent decades, the prevalence of obesity has increased day by day, especially in young people in Iran.
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Obesity Research Center Publications
Today, the two factors of incorrect eating habits and physical inactivity have turned obesity into one of the most important health challenges in the world. In the surveys conducted in Iran, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 2005 in the form of a national health study was estimated to be 42.8% in men and 57% in women, which increased to 54% in men in 2015. And it reaches 74% in women. In the study of the burden of diseases that was carried out in 2010, it was shown that a high body mass index as a criterion for diagnosing overweight and obesity among the 3 risk factors for diseases and mortality in Iran is the first. has
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