Iranian Women Life Style: A Cross Sectional Study the West of Iran based on Findings of SABA Project (Iranian Women Health Project)

摘要

Life style as one of the most influential factors on health; in addition people who manage a healthy life style show fewer risky behaviors. The present study aims to investigate life style of middle age women in Ravansar city, in the Kermanshah county in West of Iran. In this cross-sectional study, conducted in Kermanshah county, the West of Iran, a total of 500 profiles of documenting Iranian women health were randomly selected to participate in the study. Data were analyzed by SPSS Version 21. Participants? ages ranged from 30-60. Their average age was 44.94 years old, SD = 8.28. Smoking, alcohol drinking and drug abuse were reported 0.6, 0.2, 0.2 and 0.2%, respectively. About 34.6% of women had appropriate physical activity. The findings indicated, majority of participants suffered from abdominal obesity, over weight and obesity (74.6%) about 65.2% of them lived an inactive life style. On the other hand, 47.6, 53.2 and 22.6% of participants did not consume enough dairy products, vegetables and fruits, respectively. Also, 20.4, 29.2, 59.2 and 53% of participants reported eating fast food every week, drinking carbonated drinks every week and using semi-solid and solid oils and using salt with food, respectively.