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)…

To prevent and reduce inactivity, the World Health Organization (WHO) designed a global plan called Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018-2030 (GAPPA) in 2017. In this plan and according to the state of physical activity in 2016, actions and goals were set. However, the world is facing a COVID-19 pandemic, whic…

• AYŞE HÜMEYRA İSLAMOĞLU

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of eating disorders (EDs) among university students in a rural area of Turkey and to compare groups based on the sociodemographic data, history of child abuse and neglect, family roles and self-esteem with a normal control group regarding EDs. METHOD…

• ORHAN DOĞAN

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…

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…

• RABİA HACIHASANOĞLU AŞILAR

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

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the predictors of health-promoting behaviors among freshman dental students at Istanbul University. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 111 students using questionnaires including a sociodemographic section, the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II,…

• KADRİYE PEKER