The statistics show that obesity is growing
among Iranian families. According to Dr. Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi,
Minister of Health, only 20 percent of the Iranians do regular sport
activities and about 60% of them are overweight. She also has said that
11% of Iranians have diabetes and 12% are in danger of this disease.
Such news is spread while 30 minutes daily walking can reduce the danger
of diabetes by 50%.
Recently Dr. Fereidoun Azizi the head of the Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences in Tehran had announced that the obesity rate in Iranian families was
rising. The result of the research of this institute indicates that the
obesity rate in the women is 35 percent and the same factor for men is
15 percent.
While the news and statistics show this worrying fact, fundamental
change in transportation and urban planning strategies of the country is
not observed.
Here and there some public transit projects, like new Metro stations in Tehran, new metro networks in some other cities, and bicycle … >>>
