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Background and Aim: Adolescence is an important stage of life accompanied by deep physical and psychological changes frequently leading to body image dissatisfaction. Body image dissatisfaction, found to predict the formation of eating disturbaces, psychiatric disturbances and low self- esteem. The present study examined the body image dissatisfaction and body mass index in adolescent girls. Method & Materials: This cross- sectional study was conducted in Isfahan city in 2006. Three hundred & eighty four(384) high school girls were selected through cluster- randomized sampling. Data were collected using demograghic and body image satisfaction questionnaires. Anthropometric measurements including weight and height were taken by one person and were analysed by SPSS soft ware using descriptive tests, one- way ANOVA and independent t- tests. Findings: By using the reference data of BMI for age, the overall prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among Isfahan high school girls were 7.03%, 9.1% and 1.03% respectively. There was a significant association between body image dissatisfaction and body mass index among the high school girls(P = 0.012). Conclusion: Compared to most other cities in our country, the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity are lower in Isfahan girls aged 14-18 years but many girls exhibit dissatisfaction with their body image. There was a significant correlation between lower satisfaction with body image and higher body mass index. These findings indicate the importance of Planning for prevention and treatment of body image dissatisfaction.

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Abstract Aim and Background: Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic neurological disorder which is more prevalent in women than men. Therefore, the aim of present study was to evaluate the relationship physical functioning impairment (as criterion variable) with fatigue, psychological symptoms and body mass index (as predictive variables) in the women suffering from this disease. Methods and Materials: In a cross sectional study, sampling was performed on 114 patients by consecutive method who were evaluated by using demographic variables list, physical dimension of short form health survey questionnaire, fatigue severity scale, depression, anxiety, stress scale and body mass index. data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and hierarchical regression. Findings: The results indicated a significant, strong correlation of physical functioning with fatigue, depression, anxiety and stress variables (P<0.0001). Body mass index had the lowest correlation coefficient with physical functioning (P<0.05). The results of hierarchical regression showed the total variance of all variables in final step as 0.58 (R 2 ) (P<0.0001; F=18.20). Moreover, additional exclusive variance was 0.39 at this step after controlling demographic variables such as age, education level and duration of the disease. Furthermore, in final step, variables of fatigue (&beta;= - 0.25; P<0.0001) and anxiety (&beta;= - 0.44; P<0.0001) could significantly predict physical functioning impairment of women. Conclusions: Results indicated that fatigue and anxiety can affect the physical functioning impairment in women. Thus, the screening of women with these symptoms and appropriate treatment is recommended.

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Aim and Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of psychodrama on body mass index, self-esteem and cognitive emotion regulation in obese female children. Methods and Materials: This experimental study was conducted with experimental and control groups. A pretest and a posttest were performed and the process was followed up for 3 months. The sample was comprised of twenty four 10-12-years-old girl students who were obese with body mass index of more than 25 kg/m 2 in 2015. They were selected through cluster-random sampling from a school in the first district of Isfahan city, Iran. The mothers of both groups were trained about the principles of healthy feeding in 4 sessions. Psychodrama intervention was applied only in the experimental group during six 2-hour sessions of group therapy. The data collection tools were consisted of the body mass index scale and Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. The data were analyzed using analysis of variance with repeated measures. Findings: The effects of psychodrama on body mass index and self-esteem of the test group were statistically significant (P < 0.01) but no significant difference was observed in cognitive emotion regulation variable (P > 0.05). Conclusions: The results of this study showed that the therapeutic intervention of psychodrama would be helpful to reduce weight in obese children and to increase their self-esteem.

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Aim and Background: Obesity in childhood, as a global and growing health problem, is the cause of many chronic diseases in adulthood, which is associated with several socio-psychological problems such as low self-confidence and social isolation. In order to improve the psychosomatic problems of obese children, this study aimed to investigate the effect of motivational interviewing on body mass index (BMI) and self-esteem in obese girls. Methods and Materials: This experimental study was conducted with experimental and control groups. A pretest and a posttest were performed and the process was followed up for 3 months. The sample was comprised of twenty-four 10-12-year girl students who were obese with BMI more than 25 in 2015. They were selected through cluster-random sampling from a school in the first district of Isfahan city. The mothers of both groups were trained about the principles of healthy feeding in 4 sessions. Psychodrama intervention motivational interviewing was applied only in the experimental group during the six 2-hour sessions of group therapy. The data collection tools consisted of the BMI and Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSES). The data were analyzed via analysis of variance with repeated measures. Findings: The effects of motivational interviewing in BMI and self-esteem of the experimental group were statistically significant (P ≤ 0.05). Conclusions: The therapeutic intervention of motivational interviewing would be helpful in order to reduce the weight of obese children and to increase their self-esteem.

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Aim and Background: Overweight and obesity are among major health related problems in modern societies. Many psychological interventions are developed to lose weight and it is important to study their effectiveness. The aim of present study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on body mass index (BMI) and quality of life among overweight women.
Methods and Materials: Research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest-follow up design and randomized allocation. Population was consisted of all overweight women living in the city of Mashhad. Forty five women with overweight were selected through convenience sampling and allocated randomly in two experiment groups of CBT and ACT, and one control group. BMI, quality of life, and demographic questionnaire were examined in pretest, posttest and three months follow-up. Repeated measure ANOVA was used to analyze the data.
Findings: Findings demonstrated that BMI was significantly lower in experiment groups in comparison of the control group in posttest and follow-up. However, no significant difference in BMI were found between CBT and ACT groups in posttest and follow-up. Findings also showed that subscales of quality of life were significantly higher among participants in intervention groups in comparison of control group in posttest and follow-up. Furthermore, participants in ACT group had significantly higher levels of quality of life and mental health in comparison of CBT group.
Conclusions: According to the results, both interventions had significant effectiveness in weight loss however ACT group had more significant effectiveness in some indicators of quality of life. 

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Aim and Background: The present study was conducted to investigate the informational-motivational-behavioral structural model based on the role of impulsivity moderator among women with body mass index above 25.
Methods and Materials: The present study was a cross-sectional correlation of structural equations. The statistical population of the study was all women referring to diet centers, health centers and sports clubs in Isfahan in 2020-2021, from which 444 people were selected by multi-stage sampling method. A researcher-made information-motivational-behavioral questionnaire and Patton et al.'s (1959) impulsivity questionnaire were used to collect data. Amos software (24V-) was used for data analysis.
Findings: The results showed the moderating role of impulsivity in the mentioned model (X²/df = 3.46, GFI = 0.981, CFI = 0.977, RMSEA = 0.08, SRMR = 0.073, NFI = 0.970, TLI = 0.928 and AGFI= 0.924). In the three groups of low, medium and high impulsivity, health behavior was influenced by information. In the moderate impulsivity group, health behavior was influenced by motivation. In the three groups of low, medium and high impulsivity, health behavior was affected by behavioral skills. In individuals with low and high impulsivity, information had a significant indirect effect on health behavior through behavioral skills. In individuals with high impulsivity, motivation had a significant indirect effect on health behavior through behavioral skills.
Conclusions: The application of these structures such as information, motivation, behavioral skills and attention to levels of impulsivity can help researchers and therapists in the field to prevent obesity and even design appropriate treatments and good diets.