Association of physical activity and dietary behaviours in relation to the body mass index in a national sample of Iranian children and adolescents: CASPIAN Study

• Main Authors: Roya Kelishadi (Author), Gelayol Ardalan (Author), Riaz Gheiratmand (Author), Mohammad Mehdi Gouya (Author), Emran Mohammad Razaghi (Author), Alireza Delavari (Author), Reza Majdzadeh (Author), Ramin Heshmat (Author), Molouk Motaghian (Author), Hamed Barekati (Author), Minou Sadat Mahmoud-Arabi (Author), Mohammad Mehdi Riazi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation of dietary and physical activity (PA) patterns with the body mass index (BMI), and the associations between these patterns among children. METHODS: A representative sample of 21 111 school students aged 6-18 years was selected by multistage random cluster sampling...