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2020-11-01 20:15
Comprehensive plan underway to control obesity among students
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education are implementing a comprehensive plan aimed at controlling obesity among students nationwide.
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2019-10-02 18:54
Over 5 million health ambassadors trained in Iran
TEHRAN – Over 5 million health ambassadors have been trained and educated in the country to help eliminate diseases or reduce the burden of illnesses on the society, head of education and promotion affairs at the Ministry of Health has announced.
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2019-07-19 20:01
Is exercise more effective in sperm function or diet?
TEHRAN- In a new study, scientists in Royan Research Institute investigated the effects of diet and physical activity on male reproductive cells.
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2019-03-16 21:44
‘Childhood obesity rate worryingly soars in Iran’
TEHRAN — Childhood obesity is on the rise in the country alarmingly and it can be prevented by healthy diet and increased physical activity among children, director of the Health Ministry's nutrition office, Zahra Abdollahi, has said.
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2018-12-23 21:31
65% of Iranian population overweight, obese
TEHRAN – Obesity and overweight have affected about 65 percent of the country’s population, while physical inactivity is the main reason behind, the Health Ministry’s director for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has said.
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2018-12-22 09:01
Obesity rises 5.5-fold in Iran in 4 decades: academic
TEHRAN — Obesity and overweight have grown 5.5 folds over the past four decades in Iran, chancellor of Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences has said.
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2018-09-17 21:38
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among girls increasing
TEHRAN – The prevalence of overweight in girl students under the age of 20 is increasing form 6.4 percent in 1980 to 10.3 percent in 2015, Mohammad Hashemi, secretary of the society for the prevention of obesity in Iran said here on Sunday.
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2018-08-13 09:28
19% of Iranians aged 15-64 afflicted by hypertension
TEHRAN — Some 19 percent of Iranians aged 15-64 suffer high blood pressure (hypertension), while out of five individuals in Iran, one is diagnosed with the disease, an official with the Ministry of Health has said.
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2018-05-28 02:47
Deaths related to overweight, obesity more than double in Iran
TEHRAN — Deaths linked with overweight and obesity have seen a twofold increase in Iran between 1990 and 2015, Reza Malekzadeh, deputy health minister, has said.
