Childhood obesity is on the rise in the country alarmingly and it can be prevented by healthy diet and increased physical activity among children, director of the Health Ministry’s nutrition office, Zahra Abdollahi, has said. The main solution to prevent childhood obesity is changing families’ diet as consumption of fast foods and carbonated drinks are...Read More

 In Iran, and even globally, vitamin D deficiency is a serious nutritional problem, director of the Health Ministry’s nutrition office, Zahra Abdollahi, said on Sunday. According to World Health Organization (WHO) vitamin D is active in the regulation of calcium and phosphorus which supports cellular processes, bone mineralization and neuromuscular function. Evidence has shown that...Read More