This cross-sectional study analyzed 240 primary healthcare units, linked either to the traditional primary care model or the Family Health Program (FHP), involving a total of 3,347 health professionals who answered the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Prevalence of sedentary lifestyle (< 150 minutes of physical activity per week) was 27.5% (95%CI: 25.9-29.0). Sedentary lifestyle w...

BACKGROUND There is a lack of comparable data on physical activity, sedentary behavior, and dietary habits among Arab adolescents, which limits our understanding and interpretation of the relationship between obesity and lifestyle parameters. Therefore, we initiated the Arab Teens Lifestyle Study (ATLS). The ATLS is a multicenter collaborative project for assessing lifestyle habits of Arab adol...

BackgroundA declining trend of menarcheal age is noted in many developing and developed countries since last century. There a reduction the menarche by nearly one month per decade suggesting secular decline among Indian women.AimTo find out mean adolescent girls their mothers to know factors associated with change menarche.MethodologyA comparative cross-sectional study was conducted SRM field p...

Position of the problem: the physical activity (PA) and sedentary lifestyle are considered among the main factors of health in relation to the lifestyle. Both are associated, independently, with mortality and morbidity. Hence, the aim of this study is to describe physical activity and sedentary lifestyle for medical students in Casablanca. Method: In 2012/2013, we have conducted a cross-section...

OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of television (TV) viewing habits and their association with childhood sedentary lifestyle and overweight in 8-year-old children, from a cohort in a city in Southern Brazil. METHODS A prospective cohort study with hospital screening of all births that occurred from September of 2002 to May of 2003. This study refers to a cross-sectional analysis of data col...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of obesity and overweight and associated factors in indigenous people of the Jaguapiru village in Central Brazil. METHODS We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study between January 2009 and July 2011 in the adult native population of the Jaguapiru village, Central Brazil. Sociodemographic and lifestyle data were obtained; anthropometric measures...

Many of the pervasive health concerns in modern society are the result of diet and lifestyle choices that are at odds with the evolutionary milieu for which we remain genetically adapted. This systematic displacement from a very physically active lifestyle in a natural outdoor environment to a sedentary indoor lifestyle may be at the root of many chronic diseases that are endemic in our culture...

Effects of Western diet and lifestyle factors resulting in hypertension are known, however, the effects of lifestyle on blood pressure variability measured by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring are not sufficiently well known. In the present case, it has been observed that Western diet, sedentary behavior and mental load in a subject with normal blood pressures were associated with blood pres...

As a main basis of health, the mental health is required for a good, efficient, and satisfactory personal life. The aim of this study was to compare the mental health and its subscales between elderly men in athletic, active, and sedentary groups. Therefore, we examined 150 elderly men in three groups of athletes, active, and sedentary and proceeded to complete the questionnaires. We administer...

Introduction: The incidence of prediabetes risk increases every year. This can occur as a result lack on physical activity which is exacerbated by pandemic condition that strengths people to stay at home more. Objectives: study was conducted determine the relationship between sedentary lifestyle towards in working area Johar Baru Health Center. Methods: design used descriptive correlation with ...