A Review of Nutritional Status in Iranian Population

Dietary pattern of Iranian people gets gradually worse with tendency of fast foods. These patterns can affect the health of the various social groups. Nutrition transition is a global health problem. Identifying food patterns will be useful in nutrition policy making. The present review aimed to assess different aspects of the nutritional status in Iranian population.
Data Acquisition: In this review, Search conducted in MEDLINE, Web of Science, PubMed, SCOPUS and Iranian databases using the combinations of the keywords with no language or time limits. All of articles from 1995 to 2015 reviewed. It was shown that total energy and total protein intake of Iranians were high. Bread products were the main sources of Iranian food consumption. Also, a deep gap is observable in nutritional deficiencies between urban and rural areas.
The selection of inappropriate dietary pattern among Iranian population has an increasing trend especially among children and women groups. New governmental decisions have focused proper general health programs and developing an optimal food basket.