objectives: the aim of the study was to achieve the health status of the iranian elderly migrants in australia. methods & materials: this study was done as a cross sectional survey carried out in 2005-2007 on 302 iranian immigrant aged 65 yrs and over who had lived in sydney metropolitan area for at least 6 months. results: the majority of the iranian elderly had a moderate level of anxiety and...

introduction leisure time is one of the critical issues in the dynamics of the process youth education and training and addressing to it is a solution for bottlenecks and is the key to solve its problems and finally can be consider as a strategy to planning for a desirable and worthy leisure time. therefore the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between physical activity in leis...

purpose: due to unhealthy lifestyles, there has been an increase in the prevalence of coronary artery disease (cad) and a reduction in its age of onset. given the high cost of diagnosis and treatment of cad, there is an urgent need to teach people strategies helpful in changing their lifestyles as this can help reduce the risk factors of the disease. therefore, the goal of the present study was...

background: there are few epidemiological reports on adherence to physical activity (pa) and screen-time (st) recommendations among iranian children and adolescents at the provincial level. we used nationally representative data to provide recent prevalence estimates of iranian children who met the recommendations for pa and st.   methods: this nationwide study was conducted among 14,880 studen...

background: there are few epidemiological reports on adherence to physical activity (pa) and screen-time (st) recommendations among iranian children and adolescents at the provincial level. we used nationally representative data to provide recent prevalence estimates of iranian children who met the recommendations for pa and st.   methods: this nationwide study was conducted among 14,880 studen...

the purpose of this study was to assess the nutritional condition and correlation between daily physical activity and obesity in 11-year old girls. the subjects were 325 11-year old students with different cultural-economical levels who were chosen by chance and then they fill out 7-day exercise, nutritional, tendency of physical activity in children and teenagers questionnaire by the help of t...

background: regarding prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as primary hypertension, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular diseases that sedentary is responsible for them health policy makers plan to encourage people to do more physical activity. in this study, knowledge, attitude and practice towards physical activity and its related factors of college students living on campus in shahid beh...

background: nutritional health and adequate physical activity (pa), especially in childhood and grow periods, have a substantial role in health. this study assessed the association of dietary behaviors (main courses and snacks intake) with pa in children and adolescents. materials and methods: using multistage random cluster sampling method, a representative sample of 14,880 school students wer...

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...

background: regular physical activity (pa) has been shown to reduce risk of morbidity and overall mortality. a study has displayed that achieving 10,000 steps/day is associated with important health outcomes and have been used to promote pa. pedometers are a popular tool for pa interventions in different setting. this study investigated the effects on pedometer‑based and self‑reported pa among ...