Masoud Khodaveisi
Associate Professor Community Health Nursing Department, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
Title: Assessment of Anthropometric Indices and Related Factors of Secondary School Students in Iran (Province of Hamadan)
Biography
Biography: Masoud Khodaveisi
Abstract
Abstract
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, west of Iran.
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.