en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="line-height:115%"><span sans-serif=""><span style="color:#339999;"><b><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times="">Background and Objective: </span></span></b></span><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times="">The prevalence of childhood obesity and overweight and its rising trend in recent decades have taken a worrying form. Since obesity at this age lays the foundation for obesity in adulthood and entails consequences, and also in view of the extensive studies conducted that have yielded different results, the present meta-analysis study related to the prevalence of obesity in Iranian children was conducted to provide a credible result for planners.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="line-height:115%"><span sans-serif=""><span style="color:#339999;"><b><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times="">Method</span></span></b></span><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#339999;">: </span>All cross-sectional studies on the prevalence of obesity in Ian were extracted from national and international databases such as Scopus, Iranmedex, SID, Magiran, and PubMed in October 2021. Moreover, the random effect model with 95% confidence level was used to analyze the data and obtain summary effect. </span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="line-height:115%"><span sans-serif=""><span style="color:#339999;"><b><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times="">Findings</span></span></b></span><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#339999;">: </span>This study included 42 articles that met the inclusion criteria. According to the studies, the prevalence of obesity and overweight in Iranian children was 10.32% and 12.48%, respectively. </span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="line-height:115%"><span sans-serif=""><span style="color:#339999;"><b><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times="">Conclusion</span></span></b></span><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#339999;">: </span>The present meta-analysis study indicated that the prevalence of obesity in this country is increasing and the rate is higher in girls than in boys. Changing lifestyles and promotion of poor nutrition in modern society have necessitated the planning and implementation of intervention programs for this age group at the family, school, and social levels.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> Child, Iran, Meta-analysis, Obesity, Overweight, Prevalence 748 759 http://caspianjp.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-231-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Seyed Mohsen Nemati sm.nemati@uma.ac.ir 10031947532846004205 10031947532846004205 No PhD Student of Psychology, University of Mohagheg Ardabili, Ardabili, Iran Niloofar Mikaeili nmikaeili@uma.ac.ir 10031947532846004206 10031947532846004206 Yes PhD; Professor of Psychology, University of Mohagheg Ardabili; Ardabili, Iran Azam Hadi azamhadi2256@gmail.com 10031947532846004207 10031947532846004207 No MD, M.Sc. of Psychology, Islamic azad Roodehen University; Tehran, Iran