Obesity and hypertension in an Iranian cohort study; Iranian women experience higher rates of obesity and hypertension than American women

• Main Authors: Nouraei Mehdi (Author), Kamangar Farin (Author), Pourshams Akram (Author), Sadatsafavi Mohsen (Author), Bahrami Hossein (Author), Semnani Shahriar (Author), Brennan Paul (Author), Boffetta Paolo (Author), Malekzadeh Reza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Once considered as the main public health problem in developed countries, obesity has become a major problem throughout the world and developing countries, like Iran, are joining the global obesity pandemic. We determined the prevale...