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Less BMI in later life if breastfed

reporter 1222 — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 06:34:17 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Children who are breastfed may be less likely to be obese or have higher BMI as teenagers, even if they are genetically predisposed to the condition.

New research has found that breastfeeding can have a protective effect against infants becoming obese as teenagers, even if they have a genetic predisposition for the condition, AFP reported.

Carried out by researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital and the University of Toronto, the new study looked at the genetic data and the body mass index (BMI) of 5,266 children in the UK to assess the impact of exclusively breastfeeding, and the duration of breastfeeding, on the BMI of the children from birth to 18 years of age.

The findings, published in the journal PLOS Genetics, showed that when boys whose genes put them in the “high-risk” category for obesity reached 18 years of age, being exclusively breastfed until 5 months of age reduced their BMI by 1.14 kg/m2.

For girls, being breastfed brought an even bigger reduction of 1.53 kg/m2.

However, breastfeeding exclusively until 3 months of age, or receiving a mix of breast milk and formula, did not cause the same reduction in BMI for children with a high-risk for obesity.

Breastfeeding has already been linked to many health benefits for both mothers and babies, including a lower risk of stroke, ovarian cancer, high blood pressure and heart disease for mothers, a lower risk of eczema, food allergies and diabetes for children, and a lower risk of weight gain for both mom and baby. However, the researchers point out that the reasons behind these benefits of breastfeeding are still not clear.

The World Health Organization recommended that mothers exclusively breastfeed their child for the first six months for optimal development and health. However, the team stated that around only 40 percent of babies are breastfed until this age, adding that the new study provides more evidence that exclusively breastfeeding for a longer period of time could bring health benefits for children and should be a priority for those who have a high risk of obesity.

“Obesity is a global problem that is causing a drop in wellness that is straining our health systems,” said author Dr. Laurent Briollais. “Our study shows that while our genes do influence our risk of developing obesity, this predisposition is not irreversible and can be beneficially modified by exclusive breastfeeding.”

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French Ambassador Visits Museum of BMI

reporter 1222 — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 22:10:39 +0000

French Ambassador Visits Museum of BMI

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French Ambassador to Tehran Philippe Thiebaud and the cultural attaché of French Embassy on Monday visited Museum of Bank Melli Iran.

According to reports, Mr. Thiebaud visited different sections of the museum and saw historic and precious works and objects in the museum. During the visit, the ambassador was accompanied by Saadollah Issazadeh, an official in the public relations of the bank.

The French diplomat expressed his satisfaction for his presence in the museum, adding that the priceless collection in the museum reflects the history of banking industry in Iran and its gradual progress and hailed the bank for collecting and preserving such valuable works.

The museum is open to the enthusiasts from Saturday to Wednesday and its working hour is 13 to 17 p.m.

The museum is located on Ferdowsi Street in Tehran.

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Boom in Occupation, the Axis of BMI’s Policies

reporter 1222 — Tue, 21 May 2019 21:47:31 +0000

According to the public relations of the bank, by the end of the first Iranian calendar month Farvardin, BMI has granted over 44b rials of gharz al-hasanah facilities for self-employment and over 22b rials of gharz al-hasanah facilities to home businesses in cooperation with Cooperatives Ministry, Labor Ministry and Social Welfare Organization.

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According to the report, Imam Khomeini Relief Committee’s share of self-employment facilities has been around 33.37b rials and Welfare Organization’s share has been around 8.5b rials.

The bank also continued granting facilities for home businesses to the supportive organizations and it has granted over 910m rials to the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee and 100m rials to the Welfare Organization.

BMI has also earmarked 2.9b rials of facilities for Bonyad Shahid. The bank also granted 166 items of facilities for home businesses worth 21b which has been for support of business.

The bank granted over 41,000 facilities for self-employment and over 24,000 loans to home businesses last year.

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Majlis Speaker Hails Performance of BMI

reporter 1222 — Tue, 14 May 2019 23:02:57 +0000

In a Majlis open session yesterday, Larijani pointed to the good performance of BMI in transfer and sale of its excessive properties after the special committee of Majlis on supporting national product read its report on implementing of the Article 44 of the Constitutions.

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All those sales and transfer of excessive properties have been in line with Article 16 of Law on Removing Hurdles in Competitive Production.

Since the decree of the government in 2015 till last March, BMI has sold and transferred its excessive properties worth over 46,500b rials.

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BMI With Fixed Strategy Moves Towards Long-Term Objectives

reporter 1222 — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 22:18:32 +0000

Speaking in the forum on reviewing the performance of the bank in last Iranian calendar year, Dr. Mohammad Reza Hosseinzadeh underlined that the U.S. unilateral sanctions against the country and banking system has not serious negative impact, adding that it is only the U.S. which has imposed sanctions on Iran and other countries are still cooperating with the country.

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He reiterated that the performance of foreign branches of the bank is favorable and it will continue this year.

He reiterated that officials of the bank should be more focused on the profits and the losses of all branches of the bank, adding that all staff of the bank should be sensitive to the profit-making issue in their branches and prioritize it.

Hosseinzadeh also pointed to the unique services of the bank in the digital and e-banking field like BAM and BALEH services, adding that such services would decrease the expenditure of the bank and would play a key role in attracting customers.

He also urged officials and staff of the bank for observing all laws and regulations related to the money-laundering because the bank is active internationally and should comply with international regulations.

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BMI Eyes Bolstering Economic, Cultural Ties With Countries

reporter 1222 — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:50:28 +0000

TEHRAN – Representative of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states and some diplomats on Saturday visited Bank Melli Iran Museum and inspected this historic national heritage.

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According to reports, Head of ECO Cultural Institute, accompanied by representatives from its member states as well as diplomats from Norway, Finland, Germany, India, Turkey, Austria, Belgium and UK embassies paid a visit to the museum where they inspected historic heritage of Iran especially in banking sector like coins, miniatures, carpets and paintings and documents related to the biggest banking deals.

During the visit, the CEO of Bank Melli Dr. Mohammad Reza Hosseinzadeh, accompanied by the bank’s officials, said that the bank is working to ease trade affairs for merchants and businessmen of different countries.

He went on to say that it is the bank’s task to bring traders and businessmen closer together in order that they can easily trade and continue their economic interactions easily.

Hosseinzadeh went on to say that Bank Melli Iran has more than 3,350 branches in the country and it has banking relation and brokerage with 20 countries and enjoys good economic cooperation with European, Asian and African countries.

He reiterated that the bank is doing its best to expand trade relations by employing all potentials of the bank in line with supporting national cultural heritage as well as boosting cultural ties.

Head of ECO Cultural Institute Mr. Mohammad Mazaheri thanked the BMI for hosting representatives of the ECO, adding that today museums play a key role in safeguarding culture and civilization as well as developing culture of tourism, in another words, they act as the mirror for reflecting the identities of the nations.

He also underlined the role of museums in cultural and economic developments of the countries and announced the institute’s full support for any program which helps the relations of nations be strengthened.

Mazaheri said museums are very useful for expanding cultural and public diplomacy.

He also praised the BMI for its great hospitality. Later the visitors inspected the museum and went to the MBI Zourkhaneh where they got familiar with this traditional wrestling.

They also paid a visit to the Sardar Asaad Bakhtiari Building of the museum.

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