PURPOSE: Low consumption of fruits and vegetables is often associated with poor diet quality, and childhood obesity. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility, and conduct a formative evaluation, of Healthy Heroes, an innovative, social cognitive theory-based program that uses child created photo-comic books to promote fruit and vegetable consumption. METHODS: Healthy Heroes was i...

BACKGROUND Offshore work has been described as demanding and stressful. Despite this, evidence regarding the occupational strain, health, and coping behaviors of workers in the growing offshore wind industry in Germany is still limited. The purpose of our study was to explore offshore wind employees' perceptions of occupational strain and health, and to investigate their strategies for dealing ...

In public health policy, the accumulation of risk factors among groups with a short education is a challenge [1]. In Copenhagen, Denmark, life expectancy was found to be 7.4 years longer for 30-year-old men with a high educational level compared with those with a low level [2]. At the same time, short education has been associated with both physical inactivity and unhealthy eating, which are fa...

BACKGROUND The workplace is an important setting for health promotion including nutrition and physical activity behaviors to prevent obesity. This paper explores the relationship between workplace social environment and cultural factors and diet and physical activity (PA) behaviors and obesity among employees. METHODS Between 2012 and 2013, telephone interviews were conducted with participant...

Background Obesity is one of the fastest growing modern day epidemics affecting preventable disease and premature deaths. Healthy lifestyle behaviours, such as physical activity and nutritional consumption, have been shown to reduce the likelihood of obesity and obesity related health risks. Originally designed for measurement of unhealthy behaviours, the Stages of Change model, describes 'prec...

Burnout is generally defined as a state of severe exhaustion. So far, research has predominantly focused on relatively mild burnout in employees able to work despite their complaints. This study examines energy depletion in clinical burnout (e.g., the severest cases on extended sick leave) by comparing the diurnal patterns of fatigue and exhaustion with those of healthy individuals. Sixty clini...

this article tries to study the relationship between “quality of work life” and “job satisfaction” among the employees of the area 3 local branches of bank melat in tehran. as far as the purpose is concerned, this study is an applicable research while from the research methodology point of view, it is descriptive survey. statistical population of the research covers of all the 670 employees of ...

background and aim: the most important component of each organization is its workforce. improving employees’ mental health and commitment is the prerequisites to training a healthy workforce. this study was undertaken to examine the relationship of organizational commitment (oc) with mental health among employees of birjand university of medical sciences, birjand, iran. methods: in this correla...