Study of associated factors with obesity and overweight among students of Khorramabad city in 2011-2012

Obesity and overweight are related to biological factors, individual, social, economic factors, different cultural factors and feeding behavior. Recognizing these factors can be a guidance of interventions relating to prevention and control of obesity in children and teenagers. The present study was aimed to study determinant factors of obesity and overweight in students of Khorramabad city.
In this cross-sectional study, 3387 students from age 6 to 14 were selected by combinative, multistage grouped and clustered sampling. Student's height and weight were measured and also body mass index (BIM) was calculated. In order to determine the prevalence, body mass index was used for age in NCHS table and evidence up 95 was regarded as obese and 85 to 95 was regarded as overweight.
The relation of overweight and obesity in students with kind of school, family size, parental education and family income was very significant (p Overweight and obesity in case study students were related to individual and external factors. Of these factors, we can mention factors such as gender, birth rank, family size and parental education.