Body mass index (<scp>BMI</scp>)‐for‐age and health‐related quality of life (<scp>HRQOL</scp>) among high school students in <scp>T</scp>ehran

Abstract

More than one-third of adolescents were overweight and obese. BMI-for-age was inversely correlated to adolescent self-reported HRQOL. Based on adolescents' perspective, overweight and obese adolescents had poorer HRQOL compared with normal weight adolescents. Intervention studies are needed to improve the HRQOL of overweight and obese adolescents in Tehran.