Dietary Patterns and Non Communicable Disease Among Iranian Women: A Systematic Review

Background: diet is an important component of life and plays a key role in the prevention or development of non-communicable diseases. objectives: the aim of this systematic review was to determine different dietary patterns and their association with non-communicable diseases in iranian women. materials and methods: sources of information: an electronic literature search was conducted on websites such as pubmed, science direct, google scholar, sid, and iranmedex to identify original human studies, published in english and persian up to august 2013 that included keywords or phrases relevant to the aim of this study. results: studies were classified into eight groups according to their objectives and outcomes, including the relationship between dietary patterns and aspects such as bone mineral density, metabolic syndrome, obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancer, markers of inflammation, hypertension, coagulation abnormalities, life style and factor analysis. compared to healthy dietary patterns, the western and iranian patterns were positively associated with conditions related to non-communicable diseases. the dietary approach to stop hypertension (dash) is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, and is low in saturated fat, total fat, cholesterol, refined grains, and sweets. this diet is associated with greater high-density lipoprotein (hdl) cholesterol and lower body weight, waist circumference, fasting blood glucose, low-density lipoprotein (ldl) cholesterol and systolic and diastolic blood pressures. conclusions: adherence to a healthy dietary pattern is expected to secure a protective effect against non-communicable disease.