CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: In this longitudinal study, we aimed to describe time trends of physical activity (PA) in different domains from 2010 to 2014 among users of the Brazilian National Health System, taking into account the effects of sex, age and economic status (ES). DESIGN AND SETTING: Longitudinal study conducted in five primary care units in Bauru (SP), Brazil. METHODS: The sample wa...

background : lack of physical activity is the fourth common cause of human death. given the increased rate of sedentary life style among employees, the aim of this study was to evaluate physical activity status of governmental employees in changing stage based on the transtheoretical model (ttm) in hamadan, iran, in 2014. methods: this descriptive-analytical study was performed on 1200 governme...

aims: most of the world population who is at work and production age does not have appropriate and regular physical activity for various reasons. accordingly, the researchers tried to evaluate the effect of physical activity predictors of employees through the path analysis based on the pender's health promotion model (hpm). methods and materials: we conducted this study on 359 employees of the...

conclusions maternal physical activity affects children’s physical activity, and is affected by mother’s self-efficacy. yet based on the findings of this study, regarding the role model effects of mothers in children aged 10-12 years, researchers proposed that interventions related to physical activity in children would work better if they are set to increase self-efficacy in mothers, which in ...