Journal of Diabetes and ObesityJournal of Diabetes and ObesityJournal of Diabetes and ObesityJournal of Diabetes and Obesity2376-0494Ommega Online PublishersNew Jersey, USA41310.15436/2376-0949.15.025Research ArticleThe High Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in YazdThe High Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in YazdZahraSarrafan-Chaharsoughi 1Assistant Professor of Endocrinology Yazd Diabetes Research Center Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences Yazd Iran 2Student Research Committee International campus of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences Yazd Iran 3Professor of Ophthalmology Geriatric Ophthalmology Research Center Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences Yazd Iran 4Community Medicine specialist Yazd diabetes research center Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences Yazd Iran Editor* E-mail: zahra_sarrafan@yahoo.com
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
20150809201522JDO-15-SC-413/02510072015020920152015Creative Commons Attribution LicenseThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. nbsp emsp emsp The prevalence of obesity and overweight in most population is increasing alarmingly This rise is associated with economic development increasing urbanization change in dietary and other lifestyle patterns and also reduced physical activity Last studies showed that type 2 diabetes incidence rise with increasing body mass index BMI This paper evaluated the prevalence of overweight and obesity among diabetic patients A total of 518 consecutive central-based patients 198 males and 320 females with type 2 diabetes T2DM were investigated in this prospective cross-sectional study The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity BMI gt 25 kg m sup2 was 76 The mean of BMI in women was 26 66 plusmn 3 98 and in men was 28 70 plusmn 4 36 The prevalence of overweight and obesity were 48 and 28 respectively This paper indicated a high prevalence of overweight and obesity in diabetic patients in Yazd central province of Iran 10