Khazaei Salman, Mohammadian-Hafshejani Abdollah, Nooraliey Parivash, Keshvari-Delavar Mohammad, Ghafari Mahin, Pourmoghaddas Ali, Ayubi Erfan, Mansori Kamyar, Gholamaliee Behzad, Sarrafzadegan Nizal
PhD Candidate, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran.
PhD Candidate, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan AND Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
ARYA Atheroscler. 2017 Jan;13(1):35-43.
Obesity is considered as a major health problem of children and adolescents. The present meta-analysis was conducted by extensive search of studies on the prevalence of obesity among school-aged children and youth aged 6-18 years in Iran.
All conducted cross-sectional studies on the prevalence of obesity in Iranian students in all grades were extracted, without applying any restriction on time in national and international databases including Magiran, Iranmedex, SID, Scopus, Google Scholar, and PubMed. Statistical software Stata 12 was used to analyze the data and to obtain the prevalence of obesity among Iranian students. The heterogeneity between the results was determined using statistical test I2.
In this meta-analysis, 51 papers met our inclusion criteria and were therefore considered for the analysis. The prevalence of obesity was equal to 5.82% [95% confidence interval (CI): 5-6.66] in Iranian students. The prevalence of obesity was higher in boys than in girls (6.85% compared to 5.13%) (P = 0.300). The highest prevalence of obesity was related to students living in the North and Northwest areas with 7.07% (95% CI: 4.35-9.78).
The prevalence of obesity among Iranian students is not high when compared to Western countries. However, due to lifestyle changes in recent years, it is necessary to plan intervention programs within families and schools to improve dietary patterns and physical activity of this age group.
肥胖被视为儿童和青少年的一个主要健康问题。本荟萃分析通过广泛检索关于伊朗6至18岁学龄儿童和青少年肥胖患病率的研究来进行。
提取了所有关于伊朗各年级学生肥胖患病率的横断面研究，在包括Magiran、Iranmedex、SID、Scopus、谷歌学术和PubMed在内的国内外数据库中，对时间不做任何限制。使用统计软件Stata 12分析数据并得出伊朗学生的肥胖患病率。使用统计检验I2确定结果之间的异质性。
在本荟萃分析中，51篇论文符合我们的纳入标准，因此被纳入分析。伊朗学生的肥胖患病率为5.82% [95%置信区间(CI)：5 - 6.66]。男孩的肥胖患病率高于女孩(分别为6.85%和5.13%) (P = 0.300)。肥胖患病率最高的是居住在北部和西北部地区的学生，为7.07% (95% CI: 4.35 - 9.78)。
与西方国家相比，伊朗学生的肥胖患病率并不高。然而，由于近年来生活方式的改变，有必要在家庭和学校内制定干预计划，以改善这个年龄段人群的饮食习惯和体育活动。
