Emran Mohammad Razaghi

TL;DR: Unhealthy lifestyles make Iranian young people prone to chronic diseases later in life, and the interrelationship of dietary and PA behaviours should be considered when examining their health benefits.

TL;DR: The findings of this study warrant the necessity of paying special attention to monitoring of the time trends in child obesity based on uniform definitions, as well as to design programmes to prevent and control associated factors.

TL;DR: It may be clinically useful in the pediatric population to routinely measure WC and WSR in addition to BMI as a screening tool to identify high-risk youth.

TL;DR: Smoking is becoming as a major public health threat among Iranian youths and control measures should be considered not only for cigarette smoking, but also for the socially accepted habit of water pipe use that is revived in traditional teahouses.

TL;DR: An association between physical activity and the metabolic syndrome, which was independent of body mass index and age, was found and children should be encouraged to have greater physical activity.