en public specific letter to the editor <div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="clear:both;"></div>The prevalence of obesity in adolescents has increased over the past three decades. Recent evidence has shown that in developed countries, about one in five teens is obese (Abdelghaffar<em> et al.</em>, 2020). In Iran, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is 23% (Moghimi-Dehkordi<em> et al.</em>, 2020). Improper eating behaviors and obesity are major concerns in adolescence that can be associated with the risk of many chronic diseases in adulthood. In fact, the main axis and key to obesity in adolescents is bad eating habits. In fact, due to faster growth and development in adolescence than other periods, nutritional needs and nutrient consumption in this period are important for growth and development and health. Many eating habits, physical, mental, and intellectual development are formed in childhood and adolescence</div> Social-ecological ,eating behavior, obesity, students 1 3 http://jnfs.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-123-12&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ameneh Marzban amenemarzban@yahoo.com 0000-0002-8111-3319 Yes Department of Human Ecology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Sedigheh Masoomi 0000-0001-8471-5983 No Department of Mathematical Sciences, Payame Noor University, Kerman, Iran.