background: reduced level of physical activity, as an important problem of urbanization and industrial development, has a considerable impact on the population morbidity and mortality. the rate of inactivity has been reported to be 60-85% in adults worldwide. considering the importance of physical activity among youth, the aim of this study was to evaluate the physical activity among university...

Physical health is influenced by various factors including religion. There are many questions regarding the impact of religious activities on physical health. Therefore, the aim of this study was to find the correlation between physical health and religion. Various databases including PubMed, Ovid, and Medline were investigated. Considering the inclusion criteria, 50 studies were found using th...

Background & Objectives:Endocrine hormones, through their anabolic or catabolic function, contribute in body homeostasis. They can be used to assess the physical performance in athletes. This study was performed to determine the resistance training (RT) influences on serum cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone in trained young females. Materials & Methods:The study population c...

background and purpose: physical activity may be classified as intense, moderate, and low. despite their health-related benefits, iranian women have a low rate of physical activity. women face numerous obstacles and challenges for participating in physical activity programs, most notably are household chores and taking caring of children, long distance between home and workplace and the other p...

background and objectives: prayer is one of the most important religious ordinances and is one of the necessities of islam. in spite of the progression of medicine science, it is sometimes seen that the mundane subjects become hopeless in curing physical diseases and this time, the hopeless man appeals to the lord god. this review study was conducted to examine the positive and negative views r...

Abstract Enhancing physical activity promotes positive health trajectories throughout the life course. Physical should be tailored and graded to suit older adults’ capacities needs can combined with rehabilitation interventions manage geriatric syndromes disability. This chapter provides a summary of current evidence about role for adults, emphasizing nutritional aspects. We also present strate...

conclusions the amount and intensity of physical activity during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. as a result, the pregnant iranian females have to be encouraged to do regular daily physical activity during pregnancy, if there is no specific contraindication to it. results females who had low total physical activity according to the pregnancy physical ...

background: mental disorders have an important relationship with work conditions. excessive workload, laborers needs and expectations ignorance, harmful physical agents, noise, poor lightning and bad work atmosphere result increasing stress and job dissatisfaction in workers . methods: this descriptive-analytical survey implemented in order to investigate stress and job satisfaction rate of one...