family plays an important role in physical activity behaviors in children andadolescents although the procedure of this effect is not clear. this study wasdesigned to explore the family role in forming female adolescents’ physical activitybehavior. this study used a qualitative procedure and content analysis method. tocollect data, semi–structured interviews were conducted with 25 participants ...

objectives: the purpose of this study was to determine barriers and motivators of physical activity in older adults. methods & materials: in this cross sectional study 153 older adults were participated through classified randomized clustering method. the questionnaires were completed in face to face interview. descriptive statistics and u mann whitney test were used to analyzing data. results:...

researchers demonstrate that individuals in different levels of physical activity have different motivations for sport activity. this study was designed to examine how motivations can discriminate three physical activity levels (inactive, active, sustained maintainers) according to self-determination theory. 159 zanjan university staff (mean age: 33 years old) completed exercise motivation inve...

background : regular physical activity is important for midlife women. models and theories help better understanding this behavior among middle-aged women and better planning for change behavior in target group. this study aimed to investigate predictive factors of regular physical activity among middle-aged women based on precede model as a theoretical framework. methods : this descriptive-ana...

abstract aims: regular physical activity can reduce the burden of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers, and can prevent early death. this study examined the impact of performing health promotion model intervention on physical activity of the health volunteers. materials & methods: this cross-sectional research is part of a three-month intervening study started in ...

Background Although osteoporosis is a disease of adulthood, it can start from childhood and adolescence. Lifestyle, especially physical activity, mobility, and proper nutrition during adolescence are among the important osteoporosis preventive factors. Therefore, this study aimed to determine related factors of physical activity preventive behavior of osteoporosis based on the Health Belief Mod...

survey on physical activity and dietary habits of adolescence in high school students     haghighi moghadam y [1] , feizi a [2] , khalilzadeh h [3] *     received: 21 sep, 2011 accepted: 29 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : health behavior of adolescence is effective on their health and health and development of a community. proper nutrition and physical activity are the most importa...