the carpet industry developed various types of respiratory and musculoskeletal disorders, eyesight problems,  carpal tunnel syndrome and skin problems. healthy behavior of carpet weavers is not in a desirable level. we recommended appropriate interventions such as health service, education improvement and advocacy for promoting healthy behaviors of carpet weavers.

consuming a healthy diet throughout the lifecourse helps prevent malnutrition in all its forms as well as a range of non-communicable diseases (ncds) and conditions. but the increased production of processed food, rapid urbanization and changing lifestyles have led to a shift in dietary patterns. people are now consuming more foods high in energy, fats, free sugars or salt/sodium, and many do n...

objective: to evaluate the importance of observing healthy habits by pregnant women that influences different aspects of mother and fetus health, we assessed the change in dietary behavior, and cigarette smoking after distributing the guidelines among 485 prenatal care patients. | materials and methods: the subjects were pregnant women who enrolled in health care centers of tehran university fr...

The healthy eating index (HEI) was developed to track the quality of diets in different societies. The aim of this study was to determine the HEI score of Tehranian adults. This study, conducted within the framework of Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS), was a part of a dietary intake assessment carried out in 819 cases aged 19 and over. Dietary intake was assessed with two 24-hour recalls. ...

conclusions an increased lumbar lordosis during the prone knee-flexion test is due to instability in a lumbar spine region. results results demonstrated that there was a statistically significant difference in lumbar lordosis in prone position and after performing the prone knee-flexion test among healthy subjects (p < 0.0001). patients and methods this quasi-experimental study with repeated me...

patients with chronic low back pain hold various perceptions, experiences and beliefs about their pain which are based on prior learning and social influence. this study was employed to earn perceptions and beliefs of patients regarding low back pain to apply in health education planning. eight focus group discussions including 6-10 people taking part in each of them was performed. subjects inc...

studies have shown that some personal characteristics such as perfectionism are associated with cardiovascular diseases. hence, this study was designed with the aim of doing a comparative evaluation of perfectionism in coronary heart disease patients and healthy individuals referred to shahid faghihi hospital in shiraz.   materials and methods: this is a case-control study carried out on 80 car...

background: to assess the frequency and type of adverse events after influenza vaccination in iranian adults. methods: health care workers in 7 medical centers received the influenza vaccine from october 2006 to february 2007 and fol­lowed by phone regarding symptoms experienced after vaccination. results: of 897 adults who participated in the study, local and systemic reactions were reported b...

the aim of present study was to investigate the relation between the perception of population on healthy diet and lifestyle related behaviors.as part of national study on iranian health perception, a cross-sectional study was carried out in iran, 2010. a multistage sampling approach was applied to include a representative sample of population aged between 18 and 65 in the study. to collect data...

background : ige is an antibody class that regarded as an important factor in the pathogenesis of allergic diseases, asthma, im­mune responses to parasitic infection and it could be responsible for the late- phase allergic response. the objective of this study was to evaluate total ige in healthy iranian adults, establishment of reference range of total ige and assess helpful­ness of this value...