lifestyle of teachers working in gorgan city in 2009

background : life style is the ordinal and daily activities of individuals in their own lives that they accepted so, these activities affect their health status. the aim of the current study was to determine  teachers' life style in gorgan city in 2009. methods : in a cross-sectional study 336 teachers of elementary, mid and high school were recruited through random stratified sampling method. data gathering instrument was a questionnaire that its validity and reliability approved in other studies. obtained data analyzed using spss software (11.5 ver.) and descriptive and appropriate statistical tests. findings : in this study, 268 teachers (84%) had semi favorite life style. 251(74.7%) were used the safety belt when driving. 14(4.2%) was current smoker and 80(23.6%) have regular physical activity. according to body mass index 181 (54%) was obese or overweight.148 (44.1%) had healthy nutrition and 239 (71.1%) have favorite position in unhealthy nutrition.302 (82.9%) were in semi favorite position in stress management. there was a significant relationship between life style and teaching category was (p=0.005) and between regular physical activity and gender (p=0.002). conclusion: because the majority of the people had semi favorite or non favorite life style it is necessity to organize a structured and extensive intervention in consistent with the individual situations. key words: life style, stress management, teacher, gorgan.