1 Pediatrics Department, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81676-3695, Iran 2 Environmental Engineering Department, Environment Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 3 Research Center for Health Services Management, Institute of Future Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Ir...

BACKGROUND Effects of 5-year interventions of Worksite Intervention Project from Isfahan Healthy Heart Program on cardiovascular risk factors of factories and offices employees were studied in Isfahan and Najafabad (intervention area) compared to Arak (control area). METHODS We had especial interventions for nutrition, physical activity and smoking as well as hypertension and obesity screenin...

AIM To investigate the association between life-style and socioeconomic factors and coping strategies in a community sample in Iran. METHOD As part of a community-based study called Isfahan Healthy Heart Program, we studied 17593 individuals older than 19 living in the central part of Iran. Demographic and socioeconomic factors (age, sex, occupation status, marital status, and educational lev...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to assess the effects of a 6-year-long community-participatory program including school-based interventions on mean values and prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors among adolescents. METHODS The interventions of this community trial, conducted from 2000 to 2007 in Iran, targeted the whole population (of nearly two millions) living in two cities considered as ...

BACKGROUND Data on the effect of lifestyle intervention programs on salt intake and blood pressure in developing countries are scarce. This study aimed to assess the impact of a healthy lifestyle community-based trial on salt intake and blood pressure among a representative sample of normotensive Iranian adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS We compared the data for salt intake, urinary sodium levels...

We used data from the baseline survey from the Isfahan Healthy Heart Programme to determine the prevalence of hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes among a representative samples of 12,514 adults living in 3 cities in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The prevalence of hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes was 17.3%, 66.3% and 5.6% respectively. Awareness, treatment and control of hypertensio...