Abstract
Introduction: The serum lipid profiles of Iranian adolescents and its correlation with dietary fat intake and evaluation of the behavior, attitude, skills and knowledge (BASK) of students, parents and school staffs was evaluated, regardingly, in order to design an effective community- based intervention program for cardiovascular disease risk factors prevention and control. Material & Methods: The subjects have been 2000 randomly selected students (1000 girls, 1000 boys) aged between 11-18 years, their parents (2000 samples) and their school stuffs (500 samples) in urban and rural areas of two provinces in Iran (one considered for further interventions and the other as reference area). The data were obtained by questionnaires anthropometrics measurements, 3 days food record form and serum lipids were measured in the central laboratory of Isfahan cardiovascular Research Center. Data have been analyzed by SPSSV10/ Win software using the student t- and multiple linear regression tests at significant level of P
Keywords
Dietary fat intake, Lipid profile, Adolescents, Quality of fat. مصرف چربی، وضعیت چربیهای خون، نوجوانان، کیفیت چربی.
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