Health promotion is a complementary array of educational and environmental strategies applied in various settings and targeted at selected populations. The few successful and well-described physical activity projects have applied multiple strategies in multiple settings to specific target groups. There is clear and persuasive evidence that regular physical activity improves health. Over the pas...

purpose: due to unhealthy lifestyles, there has been an increase in the prevalence of coronary artery disease (cad) and a reduction in its age of onset. given the high cost of diagnosis and treatment of cad, there is an urgent need to teach people strategies helpful in changing their lifestyles as this can help reduce the risk factors of the disease. therefore, the goal of the present study was...

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome constitutes a cluster of risk factors such as obesity, hyperglycemia,  hypertension, and dyslipidemia, which increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases and type II diabetes mellitus. In this review article, we aimed to discuss the possible effects of fasting and regular physical activity on risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.  Methods: Online databases i...

AIM To assess the effect of moderate regular aerobic physical activity not associated to body weight changes on insulin resistance and the associated metabolic changes in general population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional, observational study in an adult population (n=101 subjects aged 30-70 years) with no personal history of disease and with stable weight in the three months prior to...

introduction: metabolic syndrome constitutes a cluster of risk factors such as obesity, hyperglycemia,  hypertension, and dyslipidemia, which increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases and type ii diabetes mellitus. in this review article, we aimed to discuss the possible effects of fasting and regular physical activity on risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.  methods: online databases i...

please cite this article as: sohrabi mr, davoudi-monfared e, tayefi b, hajihashemi z, sajjadi e. the effect of regular physical activity on exercise tolerance: a school-based intervention. novel biomed 2013;1(2):34-38. objectives: the main purpose of this study was to assess the effects of daily physical activity on exercise tolerance ability using the six minute walk test in healthy female stu...

BACKGROUND Regular physical activity is important for midlife women. Models and theories help better understanding this behavior among middle-aged women and better planning for change behavior in target group. This study aimed to investigate predictive factors of regular physical activity among middle-aged women based on PRECEDE model as a theoretical framework. METHODS This descriptive-analy...