Outcomes of a comprehensive healthy lifestyle program on cardiometabolic risk factors in a developing country: The Isfahan Healthy Heart Program

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-11

  Sarrafzadegan, Nizal ^a   Kelishadi, Roya ^a   Sadri, Gholamhossein ^b   Malekafzali, Hossein ^c   Pourmoghaddas, Masoud ^b   Heidari, Kamal ^b   Shirani, Shahin ^a   Bahonar, Ahmad ^d   Boshtam, Maryam ^a   Asgary, Sedigheh ^e   Mohammadifard, Noushin ^a   Sadeghi, Masoumeh ^f   Eshrati, Babak ^g   Hadipour, Ebrahim ^b   Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad ^h   O'Loughlin, Jennifer L ⁱ  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^h ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Community based intervention; Developing country; Non communicable disease

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INCOME; IRAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; TOBACCO;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84871953735     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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