Fatemeh Taheri

Birjand University of Medical Sciences · Department of Pediatrics

Background and Aim Cardiovascular risk factors begin in childhood and adolescence. This study aimed at ssessing serum lipids and prevalence of Dyslipidemia in 7-18 year old students of Birjand. Methods The present cross-sectional, descriptive, and analytical study was done on 4269 school children of Birjand aged 7-18 years (2251 girls and 2018 boy...

Background: Various studies have indicated that dyslipidemia starts in childhood. There is a relationship between the concentration of blood lipids and atherosclerosis. In this study, we assessed the prevalence of dyslipidemia in elementary school children. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 1,626 (882 girls and 744 boys) eleme...

Background Childhood obesity has become a global epidemic. In the recent studies has reported risk of thyroid dysfunction due to obesity. Therefore, this study intends to compare the relative frequency of thyroid function disorders in obese and overweight children with non-obese children. Materials and Methods This case-control study during 2015 to...

Introduction: Metabolic Syndrome (MS) in children and adolescents is becoming a global public health concern. MS tracks into adulthood increasing the risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases. This study was designed to verify the rate of MS in elementary school students of Birjand, as a representative sample of Iranian childre...

Background and objectives: To determine the prevalence of impaired fasting glucose in adolescents in Birjand city in eastern Iran. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was done on 2653 students aged 11-18 years selected through multi-stage stratified and random sampling. Fasting blood glucose (FBS) of these students was measured app...

Childhood obesity could induce some risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) including serum lipid abnormalities, hypertension, and atherosclerosis. The present study aimed to comparison the lipid profile in normal children with cases having overweight, obesity and central obesity. In this case control study, which was conducted 2013, serum li...

Cardiovascular risk factors begin in childhood and adolescence. This study aimed at assessing serum lipids and prevalence of Dyslipidemia in 11-18 year old students of Birjand. The present cross-sectional, descriptive, and analytical study was done on 2,643 middle and high school students of Birjand aged 11-18 years (1,396 girls and 1,247 boys). Bl...

Diabetes is associated with increased cardiovascular disease, mortality and morbidity. The present study aimed at assessing fasting blood sugar (FBS) in elementary school students in Birjand, 2012. This cross-sectional and descriptive study was done on 1530 elementary school students who had been selected through multiple cluster sampling. FBS of t...

Abstract Background and Aim: Pediatric obesity and overweight have become worldwide epidemics. Iran is not an exemption in this regard. In the last decade, numerous studies have been conducted in Iran in relation to obesity in children, and an increasing rate of obesity has been reported in the Iranian context. Some of these studies have include...

Introduction Racial and environmental differences in communities leading cause of differences in serum lipids. It can be said this study aimed in assessing percentile curves of serum lipid profile in 6 to18 year- old of students at Birjand, east of Iran. Methods and Materials The present cross-sectional study was done on 4168 students of Birjand ag...

Background: 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 11-18 of Birjand city. Methods: This cross...

Background: High blood pressure is a health problem in children. Adolescents with high blood pressure are more likely to become adults with hypertension. Objectives: The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of high blood pressure in high school children in Birjand, Iran in 2012. Materials and Methods: The present study comprised...

Childhood dyslipidemia and obesity are multi-factorial conditions resulting from an interaction between genetics and environment factors such as nutrition, physical inactivity and socio-cultural influences. Westernized diet (high amounts of meats, refined grains, pizza, sodas and snack foods) with sedentary lifestyle habits may explain the increase...

Prevalence of obesity in children has been increasing during recent decades all over the world. Obesity, particularly central obesity, is associated with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. The present study aimed to assess obesity and central obesity in 6-11 year old Birjand elementary school children, East of Iran. This cross-sectiona...

Background and Aim: High blood pressure is a health problem in children. High blood pressure is a health problem in children, increasing of blood pressure during childhood predisposes children to hypertension in later life stages. In addition, high blood pressure during childhood is a risk factor to atherosclerosis in future the present study was c...

Background Childhood overweight and obesity have increased progressively in developing countries and nowadays they are considered as a global epidemic. The aim of the present study was to determine prevalence of overweight and obesity in 2–5 year-old children in kindergartens of Birjand in 2008. Findings This cross- sectional and descriptive- anal...

Background: Intestinal parasitic infection is one of the major public health problems in developing countries. Children are more vulnerable to these infections. In addition, the prevalence of infection is different among various communities; hence, there is a need for the periodical prevalence evaluation. This study was performed to define the pre...

AbstractINTRODUCTION: This population-based study was conducted to assess the prevalenceof overweight and obesity in high schools in the city of Birjand in Khorasan Province,Eastern Iran.METHODS: In this descriptive study, we attempted to determine the prevalence ofoverweight and obesity in Iranian adolescents attending high school in Birjand in 20...

Human milk from healthy women contains numerous nutrients such as antioxidants which are necessary for newborns. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes of total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and free radical scavenging activity in human milk during the first six month period of lactation and also its relationship to maternal plasma. A total...

Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 7 to 18-year-old children in Birjand (east Iran) in 2005-2006. Individuals selected using multistage stratified random sampling.Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 6093 students (2995 boys and 3098 girls) aged 7-18 years in Birjand (2005-20...

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the eventual association between copper deficiency in newborns with neural tube defects (NTD) in Northern Iran. A high prevalence of neural tube defects has been reported from this region. Methods: This hospital based case control study was carried out on 13 newborns having neural tube defects and 35...

Background: In addition to numerous nutrients, human milk contains several antioxidants as bioactive components protecting newborns from a hyperoxic challenge due to transition to an environment much richer in oxygen. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes of total antioxidant capacity of human milk during the first six months of lactati...