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  • 7 - Epilogue

  • Assal Rad, University of California, Irvine
  • Book:
    The State of Resistance
    Published online:
    18 August 2022
    Print publication:
    25 August 2022, pp 194-221

  • Summary

    The epilogue examines the importance of this study in relation to recent events and spotlights female Iranian voices and their ability to express themselves more freely on the Internet. Specifically, the epilogue uses Twitter as an archive to look at the complexity of how Iranians react to contemporary events, which often elicited national sentiments, such as the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal, the 2017 Iranian election, the United States quitting the deal in 2018, the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, and others. Though the topic of Iran is a staple of our mainstream media and foreign policy debates in the United States, knowledge of Iran’s history, which informs our current state of affairs, is commonly absent from the discussion. The epilogue thus draws on this study to examine the present circumstances of US–Iran relations.

  • The effects of socio-economic status on BMI, waist:hip ratio and waist circumference in a group of Iranian women

  • Mansour Shahraki, Touran Shahraki, Hossein Ansari
  • Journal:
    Public Health Nutrition / Volume 11 / Issue 7 / July 2008
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    01 July 2008, pp. 757-761
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  • Objective

    To assess the effects of socio-economic status (SES) on BMI, waist:hip ratio (WHR) and waist circumference (WC) in a group of Iranian women.

    Methods

    A cross-sectional study was conducted on 888 women in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. SES was measured using level of education. In addition, parity, marital status and physical activity were assessed. Standardized measurements were taken, BMI and WHR were calculated.

    Results

    Low education level was a strong determinant of overweight and obesity among Iranian women. After controlling for age, women with higher education level had significantly lower BMI, WC and parity. Multiple linear regression analysis found a significant negative association of BMI and WC with education level and a significant positive association of BMI and WC with parity. Significant factors associated with obesity by a logistic regression model were education level (OR for university graduates v. illiterate or low literacy levels: 1·00 v. 3·70; P = 0·01), living with spouse (OR for married v. single subjects: 1·00 v. 0·15; P = 0·05), parity (OR for more than five v. less than two pregnancies: 1·00 v. 0·34; P = 0·03) and WC (OR for <0.88 cm v. ≥0.88 cm: 1·00 v. 11·20; P = 0·001).

    Conclusion

    The present study revealed that educational level, multiple pregnancies, marital status and lack of exercise are some possible explanations for the obesity among Sistan and Baluchestan women.