Dr. Mohammad Reza Vafa
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Dr. Mohammad Reza Vafa

Assistant Professor
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Nutrition Sciences from Shahid Beheshti University, Iran

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Area of Interest:

Food Science and Technology
100%
Epidemiology
62%
Dairy Products
90%
Food Nutrition
75%
Obesity
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
Articles
10
Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

  1. Shidfar, F., M. Aghasi, M. Vafa, I. Heydari, S. Hosseini and S. Shidfar, 2010. Effects of combination of zinc and vitamin A supplementation on serum fasting blood sugar, insulin, apoprotein B and apoprotein A-I in patients with type I diabetes. Int. J. Food Sci. Nutr., 61: 182-191.
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  2. Sherafat-Kazemzadeh, R., S. Egtesadi, P. Mirmiran, M. Gohari and F.S. Jalali et al., 2010. Dietary patterns by reduced rank regression predicting changes in obesity indices in a cohort study: tehran lipid and glucose study. Asia Pac. J. Clin. Nutr., 19: 22-32.
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  3. Nourmohammadi, I., S. Athari-Nikazm, M.R. Vafa, A. Bidari and S. Jazayeri et al., 2010. Effects of antioxidant supplementations on oxidative stress in rheumatoid arthritis patients. J. Biol. Sci., 10: 63-66.
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  4. Vafa, M.R., M. Karandish, S.M. Mosavi, M. Alizadeh, M.H. Salehi and M. Maddah, 2009. Evaluation of urinary riboflavin levels of primary school children in Rafsanjan, Iran. J. Biol. Sci., 9: 389-391.
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  5. Maddah, M., A. Rashidi, B. Mohammadpour-Ahranjani, M.R. Vafa and M. Karandish, 2009. In school snacking, Breakfast consumption and sleeping patterns of normal and overweight Iranian high school Girls: A study in Urban and Rural areas in Guilan, Iran. J. Nutr. Educ. Behav., 41: 27-31.
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  6. Rashidi, A., B. Mohammadpour-Ahranjani, M. Karandish, M.R. Vafa and M. Hajifaraji et al., 2007. Obese and female adolescents skip breakfast more than their non-obese and male peers. Central Eur. J. Med., 2: 481-487.
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  7. Rashidi, A., B. Mohammadpour-Ahranjani, M.R. Vafa and M. Karandish, 2005. Prevalence of obesity in Iran. Obesity Rev., 6: 191-192.
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  8. Maddah, M., M. Karandish, B. Mohammadpour-Ahranjani, T.R. Neyestani, M.R. Vafa and A. Rashidi, 2005. Social factors and pregnancy weight gain in relation to infant birth weight: A study in public health centers in Rasht, Iran. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr., 59: 1208-1212.
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  9. Karandish, M., B. Mohammadpour-Ahranjani, A. Rashidi, M. Maddah, M.R. Vafa and T.R. Neyestani, 2005. Inadequate intake of calcium and dairy products among pregnant women in Ahwaz city, Iran. Malaysian J. Nutr., 11: 111-120.
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  10. Knutsun, M.D., M.R. Vafa, D.J. Haile and M. Wessling-Resnick, 2003. Iron loading and erythrophagocytosis increase ferroportin1 (FPN1) expression in J774 macrophages. Blood, 102: 4191-4197.
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