childhood obesity and overweight are a general public health concern in a transition society. thus, the objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of overweight, obesity and their correlates with socio-demographic and life style related factors.this cross-sectional study was conducted on 760 representative samples of preschool children aged 2 to 5 years in urban area of babol, north...

background: life style is the collection of behaviors influenced by individuals' characteristics, social interactions and socio-economic situations. since, pregnancy is a part of life it can change persons' life style. this study has tried to evaluate the relationship between life style and some characteristics of pregnant women. methods: this study was an analytic cross sectional study. the da...

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background: this study aimed to assess lifestyle behavioral management in patients with knee osteoarthritis among iranian patients up to 6 months. settings and design.   methods and material: in this educational controlled trial study, 130 eligible participants took part in control group (n = 66) and received just prescribed medications, or intervention group (n=64) who received the lifestyle b...

conclusions the nutritional behavior of university students was poor. therefore, it is essential to encourage young people, including university students to enrich their diets with milk, beans, fruit, and vegetables to decrease the risks of nutrition related disorders. results from a total of 210 postgraduate students 110 were females, and 100 males. no significant correlation was observed betw...

background: nutrition in childhood has a significant role in current and adulthood health. recent studies have shown that the mother’s life-style has an important role in the methods used by mother to feed child, child’s diet and body mass index (bmi). this study paper aimed to investigate the association between mother’s weight efficacy life-style (wel) with feeding practices and diet in child...

background: health-promoting lifestyle is one of the determination criteria for health factors and the prevention of health-threatening factors. according to the available statistics, 53% of deaths are related to lifestyle. the aim of this study was to evaluate health-promoting lifestyles in medical students of rafsanjan university of medical sciences (rums), rafsanjan, iran. materials and meth...

background: the role of individual healthy behaviors, like physical activity, nutrition and stress management, on reduction of the rate of disease mortality and morbidity is well known. the aim of this study is to determine the healthy life styles of teachers in district 4 of esfahan, iran, in 2010. methods: the participants of this cross-sectional study were 96 teachers in  district 4, selecte...