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Assessment of Anthropometric Indices and Related Factors of Secondary School Students in Iran (Province of Hamadan) in 2014.

BACKGROUND: The growth of children is a health indicator at each country and growth monitoring has a great importance. This study was done to determine the anthropometric indices of secondary school students of Hamadan.

METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study. 816 girl & boy secondary school students in Hamadan selected based on cluster random multistage sampling. We gathered data through questionnaire. The status of anthropometric indices was assessed by height, weight and body mass index and then it was compared with the NCHS standards. The analysis of data was done through statistic tests (Regression and T-test) by using SPSS/16.

RESULTS: The mean weight of boy and girl students was 49.46 ± 14.48 and 48.25 ± 13.57 kg, the mean height of boy and girl students was 156.77 ± 10.57 and 154.95 ± 8.63 cm, the mean BMI of boy and girl students was 19.85± 4.30 and 19.73± 4.30 kg/m2 respectively. The weight of 18.64% of girl and 20.62% of boys was below the 5th percentile. 6% of the girls and 9.4% of boys was overweight (BMI: 85-95). Obesity (BMI>95) was observed in 2.7% of boys and 2.1% of girls, also height of 15.24% of boys and 20.54% of girls was below the 5th percentile (stunted). Most of the students (42/9%) spend less than 30 minutes with their computers per day. Statistical tests showed significant relationship between the number of family members, family income and consumption of cereal with height and also family income and mother's working hours, with BMI (P<0.05). Weight, BMI and especially height of boy and girl students were lower than NCHS standards.

CONCLUSIONS: According to lowering of weights, BMI and height charts comparing to NCHS standards, we recommend health education of parents and authorities in schools.

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