title: Healthy lifestyle in teachers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The role of individual healthy behaviors like physical activity, nutrition and stress management on reduction of rate of disease mortality and morbidity is well known. The aim of this study is to determine healthy life style in teachers employed in district No.4 in Isfahan, Iran, in 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  The participants of this cross-sectional study were 96 teachers in district No. 4, selected via random sampling method. The data collection was performed using a questionnaire including demographic healthy lifestyle questions. Analysis of the data was performed through Software SPSS version 18.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the subjects was 40.26 ± 6.05 years and, BMI mean was 25.08 ± 3.20. 96.8% of them were married and 3.1% also were single. 1% of the teachers had a weak lifestyle, 13.5%had moderate, 85.4% had a good lifestyle. In terms of nutrition, 2% of the teachers had a weak lifestyle, 23% moderate, 74% good. 76% in terms of physical activity, 29.2% smoking and 21.9% stress had a weak lifestyle.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the results, planning for teachers in school for receiving information about healthy lifestyle is important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Asiyeh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pirzadeh
authors.forename: Gholamreza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sharifirad
authors.forename: Aziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kamran
keywords: Healthy life style; Iran; teacher
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