Health and Lifestyle Studies

Obesity among young people increases lifetime cardiovascular risk. This study assesses the prevalence of overweight/obesity and its associated factors among a random sample of university students from 22 universities in 22 low, middle income and emerging economy countries. This cross-sectional survey comprised of a se…

• NESLİHAN ÖZCAN

With the significant decrease in physical activity rates, the importance of intervention programs in the schools, where children spend a significant part of the day, has become indisputable. The purpose of this review is to systematically examine the possibility of school-based interventions on promoting physical acti…

• FATMA NEŞE ŞAHİN
• HİDAYET SUHA YÜKSEL

Enacted measures to control the spread of COVID-19 disease such as compulsory confinement may influence health behaviors. The present study investigated changes in physical activity (PA) levels during the first days of confinement. Using an online survey, the Spanish population (n = 2042, 54% women, age 35.9 (SD 13.6)…

Anthropologists recognized the tallness of nations in the Dinaric Alps long time ago.As the modern Serbians fall more into the Dinaric racial classification than any other does, the purpose of this study was to examine the body height in Serbian adults as well as the relationship between arm span as an alternative to…

Obesity is becoming the most frequently diagnosed chronic disease in many countries affecting all age groups and specifically the pediatric population. To date, most approaches have focused on changing the behavior of individuals with respect to diet and exercise. Almost all researchers agree that prevention could be…

• MUSTAFA ÖZGÜR PİRGON

El envejecimiento poblacional es un fenmeno no exclusivo de pases desarrollados, donde los mayores de 60 aos alcanzan tasas de 15 a 20% de la poblacin general De acuerdo con

Hacıhasanoğlu R, Yıldırım A, Karakurt P, Sağlam R. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2011; 17: 43–51 Healthy lifestyle behaviour in university students and influential factors in eastern Turkey This research was carried out to determine the healthy lifestyle behaviour of university students receiving education…

La adolescencia es una etapa crítica de crecimiento y desarrollo en el ciclo de vida de un individuo. Debido a la importancia del éxito en el desarrollo durante esta etapa, con implicaciones del desarrollo adulto y la salud mental positiva, el presente estudio tiene como objetivo examinar los roles predictores de la f…

• AYŞE SİBEL BİÇER

This study aims to test the validity and reliability of the Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale (EBBS) for female university students in Turkey. This is a validity and reliability study of the EBBS for use in a Turkish context. The study sample consisted of 409 students of a School of Nursing (97.1% of the total student…

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Purpose: Adoption of an inactive lifestyle and wrong nutritional habits during puberty leads to an increase in the risk of chronic illnesses during adulthood. Purpose of this study is to specify nutritional and physical activity habits of students of Kırıkkale University Health Sciences Faculty. Method: Students of Kı…

• SANİYE AYDOĞAN ARSLAN

BACKGROUND: In this study, the body mass index (BMI) of Turkish population is calculated using a sample of 4205 persons consisting of 2263 male and 1942 female individuals in 2007. The study contains data from all seven geographical regions (Aegean, Black Sea, Central Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia, Marmara, Mediterranean…

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