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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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2020-10-11 18:24
Men with obese wives at higher risk of cardiovascular disease: study
TEHRAN – The results of a 16-year study at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran showed that men whose wives were obese or overweight had a higher risk of cardiovascular disease.
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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.
