PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the association between routine physical activity and self-rated health status in older adults with cancer.. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Community-dwelling older adult survivors who completed a screening tool and subsequent detailed interview from the 2004 wave of the National Long-Term Care Survey, a nationally representative study of Medicare beneficiarie...

background: the people residing in coastal areas of visakhapatnam are mostly engaged in fishery, which is always been a physically demanding job, and numerous factors have direct or indirect impact on the health of fishermen; but, the data about their physical fitness or health status is quite scanty. thus, the present study was conducted to assess their cardiorespiratory fitness pattern, as we...

background: healthy lifestyle is a major strategy to promote current and subsequent health status. the aim of this study was to assess the status of health‑promoting the lifestyle and its determinants among students. methods: a stratified random sample of 500 students in a university in the city of sabzevar, iran participated in this cross‑sectional study. health‑promoting lifestyle was measure...