Tehran University of Medical Sciences Acta Medica Iranica 0044-6025 53 2 2015 02 15 122 124 EN Abbas Shapouri Moghadam Department of Immunology, Immunology Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Mohammad Safarian Department of Human Nutrition, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Rahim Vakili Department of Pediatrics Endocrinology and Metabolism, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Seyed Morteza Ehteshamfar Department of Immunology, Immunology Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. 2015 10 11 Socioeconomic basis of children obesity is of high importance for preventive policies. This study aimed to compare the prevalence of obesity among children living in two different levels of welfare regions in Mashhad northeast of Iran. A total of 625 primary school girls and boys aged 78-127 months were randomly selected, and values of their body mass index (BMI) were measured. The prevalence of both overweight and obesity were higher among students of enriched area in comparison with that of resource restricted (P<0.05).The prevalence of overweight concerns in urban and rural areas. These results highlight the relation between socio-economic status and prevalence of obesity among children. https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/4925 https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/4925/4318