Increasing prevalence of iron deficiency in overweight and obese children and adolescents (Tehran Adolescent Obesity Study)

MeSH terms

• Adolescent
• Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / epidemiology
• Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / etiology
• Body Mass Index
• Child
• Female
• Ferritins / blood
• Humans
• Iran / epidemiology
• Iron Deficiencies*
• Logistic Models
• Male
• Obesity / blood*
• Obesity / complications
• Overweight / physiology*
• Prevalence
• Transferrin / deficiency*