background: today sedentary life style in iranian society is known as a serious problem. increasing physical activity in women’s health promotion and prevention of cardiovascular disease are essential. the purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between psychological factors (body satisfaction and self-efficacy) and physical activity in female employees. methods: an analytical cro...

A sedentary lifestyle is a very serious worldwide problem, especially in North America and Europe. Unfortunately, physical inactivity, which has progressively increased over the past several decades, significantly increases the risk of numerous diseases/disorders, including several forms of cancer, diabetes, hypertension, coronary and cerebrovascular diseases, overweight/obesity, and all-cause ...

This article describes the prevalence of risk and protective factors for chronic non-communicable diseases in Brazil, using data collected in 2007 through the telephone disease surveillance system (VIGITEL). We evaluated 54,252 adults residing in Brazil's State capitals and Federal District. Men showed higher rates of smoking, overweight, consumption of soft drinks and fatty meat, sufficient le...

BACKGROUND Increasing physical activity and thereby reducing a sedentary lifestyle can lower the risk of chronic diseases. Raising the population's involvement in physical activity is a major challenge for public health and healthcare services. OBJECTIVES To identify subpopulations with a sedentary lifestyle and low levels of adherence to physical activity recommendations. METHODS The Israe...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of early social, anthropometric, and behavioural variables on physical activity in adolescence. DESIGN Prospective birth cohort study. SETTING Pelotas, southern Brazil. PARTICIPANTS 4453 adolescents aged 10-12 years participating in the Pelotas 1993 birth cohort study (follow-up rate 87.5%). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Sedentary lifestyle (< 300 minutes of phy...