Indicator for success of obesity reduction programs in adolescents: Body composition or body mass index? evaluating a school-based health promotion project after 12 weeks of intervention

Naser Kalantari¹, Nastaran Keshavarz Mohammadi², Shahram Rafieifar³, Hassan Eini-Zinab¹, Atefeh Aminifard⁴, Hanieh Malmir⁵, Narjes Ashoori¹, Sheyda Abdi⁶, Maryam Gholamalizadeh⁷, Saeid Doaei^8
1 Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
² Department of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
³ Department of Health Education and Promotion, Ministry of Health, Tehran, Iran
⁴ Department of Food Industry, School of Food Sciences and Industry, Islamic Azad University, Khouzestan, Iran
⁵ Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Biochemistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁶ Department of Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
⁷ Student Research Committee, Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁸ Student Research Committee, Department of community nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Correspondence Address:
Saeid Doaei
Students' Research Committee, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Iran

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_306_16