Major dietary patterns and their associations with overweight and obesity among Iranian children.

Lower socio-economic scores were correlated with lower adherence to healthy pattern among children ( P = 0.003 for boys, P = 0.091 for girls, marginally significant).

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INTRODUCTION Obesity is currently the most common dietary problem, not only in the United States, but also one of the greatest public health issues in developing societies such as Iran.[ 1 , 2 ] The prevalence and severity of overweight is increasing among children and adolescents.[ 3 , 4 ] Approximately, 20% of Australian children are overweight,[ 5 ] this figure is about 15% among U.K children and adolescents.[ 6 ] In Iran, 17.7% of children are overweight or obese[ 7 ] and according to national reports, an increasing trend was observed in the prevalence of overweight and obesity during 2007-2009 among Iranian childen.[ 8 ] In the last two decades, the overweight and obesity prevalence has become 2-4 folds in developing countries.[ 5 ] Recent studies have linked the persistence of childhood overweight and obesity into

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