Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Iranian School Children in Different Ethnicities.

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Published in Iran J Pediatr on December 01, 2011

Authors

Seyed-Jalil Mirmohammadi1, Rahmatollah Hafezi, Amir Houshang Mehrparvar, Bibiseyedeh Rezaeian, Hamed Akbari

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Occupational Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.

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