Rising prevalence of stunting and obesity in Iranian schoolchildren: a three-year cohort study.

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Conclusion This study showed an increasing trend in stunting and obesity among school-aged children over three years.

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

Other studies conducted in Peru [ 24 ], Nepal [ 25 ], Northeast Brazil [ 26 ], Vietnam [ 27 ], and Mexico [ 28 ] also demonstrated a decreasing trend of stunting in children under 5 years of age.

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