title: Lifestyle of the employees working in hamadan public sectors: application of the trans-theoretical model.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A healthy lifestyle is a valuable source to reduce the prevalence of health problems, and promoteehealth.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The current study aimed to evaluate the lifestyle and obesity status of Hamadan public employees and their status based on the trans-theoretical model (TTM).
  
  
  METHODS
  This analytical cross-sectional study was performed in 2014 on 1200 public employees in Hamadan city, Iran selected through proportional stratified random sampling. Data collection was performed using a three-section questionnaire including demographic characteristics, The FANTASTIC lifestyle questionnaire, and the five-part algorithm. Data were analyzed by SPSS-20 using linear regression, Chi-square, Fisher exact test, and ANOVA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the employees was 38.12 ± 8.04 years. Most of the employees (61.7%) had favorable lifestyle. About half of the employees were at the preparation stage of TTM. Most of the employees were in a poor condition regarding the physical activity and healthy eating habits. In most of the evaluated items, females got higher scores than males. The associations between lifestyle and age, gender, work experience, income satisfaction, and marital status were significant. Moreover, the associations between obesity and work experience, marital status, number of offspring, and gender were significant (P < 0. 05). Significant predicting variables of obesity were age and work experience; they explained 31.2% variance of obesity (adjusted R(2) = 0.312, R(2) change = 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Planning health education interventions for employees through effective approaches seems necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Jalal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abdi
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eftekhar
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Mahmood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahmoodi
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Davod
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shojaeizade
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Roya
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sadeghi
keywords: Life Style; Models, Theoretical; Obesity; Physical Activity
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