Physical fitness is important for the optimal development both in children and adolescents. Fitness programs for youth should be recommended and encouraged. Prior to participation in sport program a detailed medical examination should be performed including an ECG at rest. It’s important that children should be exposed to a wide variety of sporting activities to discover which is the best for t...

There is a fast growing number of eHealth systems aiming at supporting a healthy lifestyle. Tailored lifestyle coaching services offer individual users access to web portals where they can communicate about a growing number of ingredients of everyday life concern: physical activity, nutrition, medication, mood, sleep. Mobile technology in combination with body worn sensors support user’s awaren...

the carpet industry developed various types of respiratory and musculoskeletal disorders, eyesight problems,  carpal tunnel syndrome and skin problems. healthy behavior of carpet weavers is not in a desirable level. we recommended appropriate interventions such as health service, education improvement and advocacy for promoting healthy behaviors of carpet weavers.

background and objective: a healthy lifestyle is one of the basic health promotion strategies. several factors are involved in shaping health promotion behaviors. the internal barriers are the opinion and feelings that surround the individual and are the reasons that complicate the change of behavior. the aim of this study was to identify internal motivations and barriers effective on the healt...

the aim of present study was to investigate the relation between the perception of population on healthy diet and lifestyle related behaviors.as part of national study on iranian health perception, a cross-sectional study was carried out in iran, 2010. a multistage sampling approach was applied to include a representative sample of population aged between 18 and 65 in the study. to collect data...

consuming a healthy diet throughout the lifecourse helps prevent malnutrition in all its forms as well as a range of non-communicable diseases (ncds) and conditions. but the increased production of processed food, rapid urbanization and changing lifestyles have led to a shift in dietary patterns. people are now consuming more foods high in energy, fats, free sugars or salt/sodium, and many do n...

objective: to evaluate the importance of observing healthy habits by pregnant women that influences different aspects of mother and fetus health, we assessed the change in dietary behavior, and cigarette smoking after distributing the guidelines among 485 prenatal care patients. | materials and methods: the subjects were pregnant women who enrolled in health care centers of tehran university fr...