The World Health Organization body mass index curves for Iranian children

I am writing in response to a letter that was published in your valuable journal regarding our publication. Firstly, we would like to express our gratitude to Al-Mendalawi for his valuable time in reviewing our paper and providing insightful comments. The central concern raised was about the appropriateness of using the World Health Organization (WHO) body mass index (BMI) curves, specifically for Iranian children. The author noted that there are locally derived BMI curves for Iranian children with key centiles and national cut- offs based on a specific Iranian research study.