Gender-specific changes in physical activity pattern in Iran: National surveillance of risk factors of non-communicable diseases (2007-2011)

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 231-241

  Koohpayehzadeh, Jalil ^a   Etemad, Koorosh ^a   Abbasi, Mehrshad ^b   Meysamie, Alipasha ^c   Sheikhbahaei, Sara ^b   Asgari, Fereshteh ^a   Noshad, Sina ^b   Hafezi Nejad, Nima ^b   Rafei, Ali ^a   Mousavizadeh, Mostafa ^b   Khajeh, Elias ^b   Ebadi, Maryam ^b   Nakhjavani, Manouchehr ^b   Esteghamati, Alireza ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adult; Epidemiology; GPAQ; Health surveys; Iran; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84898995521     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0529-3     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Ainsworth BE, Haskell WL, Whitt MC, Irwin ML, Swartz AM, Strath SJ, O'Brien WL, Bassett DR Jr, Schmitz KH, Emplaincourt PO, Jacobs DR Jr, Leon AS (2000) Compendium of physical activities: An update of activity codes and MET intensities. Med Sci Sports Exerc 32:S498-S504
2. Allender S, Foster C, Hutchinson L, Arambepola C (2008) Quantification of urbanization in relation to chronic diseases in developing countries: A systematic review. J Urban Health 85:938-951
3. Allender S, Wickramasinghe K, Goldacre M, Matthews D, Katulanda P (2011) Quantifying urbanization as a risk factor for noncommunicable disease. J Urban Health 88:906-918
4. Amin TT, Al Khoudair AS, Al Harbi MA, Al Ali AR (2012) Leisure time physical activity in Saudi Arabia: prevalence, pattern and determining factors. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 13:351-360
5. Armstrong T, Bull F (2006) Development of the World Health Organization global physical activity questionnaire (GPAQ). J Public Health 14:66-70
6. Azizi F, Ghanbarian A, Momenan AA, Hadaegh F, Mirmiran P, Hedayati M, Mehrabi Y, Zahedi-Asl S (2009) Prevention of non-communicable disease in a population in nutrition transition: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study phase II. Trials 10:5
7. Barengo NC, Nissinen A, Tuomilehto J, Pekkarinen H (2002) Twenty-five-year trends in physical activity of 30- to 59-year-old populations in eastern Finland. Med Sci Sports Exerc 34:1302-1307 (Pubitemid 34840029)
8. Bauman A, Armstrong T, Davies J, Owen N, Brown W, Bellew B, Vita P (2003) Trends in physical activity participation and the impact of integrated campaigns among Australian adults, 1997-99. Aust N Z J Public Health 27:76-79 (Pubitemid 36253723)
9. Bauman A, Bull F, Chey T, Craig CL, Ainsworth BE, Sallis JF, Bowles HR, Hagstromer M, Sjostrom M, Pratt M (2009) The International Prevalence Study on physical activity: results from 20 countries. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:21
10. Bauman A, Ma G, Cuevas F, Omar Z, Waqanivalu T, Phongsavan P, Keke K, Bhushan A (2010) Cross-national comparisons of socioeconomic differences in the prevalence of leisure-time and occupational physical activity, and active commuting in six Asia-Pacific countries. J Epidemiol Community Health 65:35-43
11. Brownson RC, Boehmer TK, Luke DA (2005) Declining rates of physical activity in the United States: what are the contributors? Annu Rev Public Health 26:421-443 (Pubitemid 40547391)
12. Bull FC, Maslin TS, Armstrong T (2009) Global physical activity questionnaire (GPAQ): nine country reliability and validity study. J Phys Act Health 6:790-804
13. Caspersen CJ, Powell KE, Christenson GM (1985) Physical activity, exercise, and physical fitness: definitions and distinctions for health-related research. Public Health Rep 100:126-131 (Pubitemid 15064369)
14. de Nazelle A, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Anto JM, Brauer M, Briggs D, Braun-Fahrlander C, Cavill N, Cooper AR, Desqueyroux H, Fruin S, Hoek G, Panis LI, Janssen N, Jerrett M, Joffe M, Andersen ZJ, van Kempen E, Kingham S, Kubesch N, Leyden KM, Marshall JD, Matamala J, Mellios G, Mendez M, Nassif H, Ogilvie D, Peiro R, Perez K, Rabl A, Ragettli M, Rodriguez D, Rojas D, Ruiz P, Sallis JF, Terwoert J, Toussaint JF, Tuomisto J, Zuurbier M, Lebret E (2011) Improving health through policies that promote active travel: A review of evidence to support integrated health impact assessment. Environ Int 37:766-777
15. Drygas W, Kwasniewska M, Kaleta D, Pikala M, Bielecki W, Gluszek J, Zdrojewski T, Pajak A, Kozakiewicz K, Broda G (2009) Epidemiology of physical inactivity in Poland: prevalence and determinants in a former communist country in socioeconomic transition. Public Health 123:592-597
16. Dumith SC, Hallal PC, Reis RS, Kohl HW III (2011) Worldwide prevalence of physical inactivity and its association with human development index in 76 countries. Prev Med 53:24-28
17. Esteghamati A, Meysamie A, Khalilzadeh O, Rashidi A, Haghazali M, Asgari F, Kamgar M, Gouya MM, Abbasi M (2009) Third national surveillance of risk factors of non-communicable diseases (SuRFNCD-2007) in Iran: methods and results on prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, obesity, central obesity, and dyslipidemia. BMC Public Health 9:167
18. Esteghamati A, Khalilzadeh O, Mohammad K, Meysamie A, Rashidi A, Kamgar M, Abbasi M, Asgari F, Haghazali M (2010) Secular trends of obesity in Iran between 1999 and 2007: national surveys of risk factors of non-communicable diseases. Metab Syndr Relat Disord 8:209-213
19. Esteghamati A, Khalilzadeh O, Rashidi A, Kamgar M, Meysamie A, Abbasi M (2011a) Physical activity in Iran: results of the third national surveillance of risk factors of non-communicable diseases (SuRFNCD-2007). J Phys Act Health 8:27-35
20. Esteghamati A, Noshad S, Nazeri A, Khalilzadeh O, Khalili M, Nakhjavani M (2011b) Patterns of fruit and vegetable consumption among Iranian adults: A SuRFNCD-2007 study. Br J Nutr 108:177-181
21. Ghassemi H, Harrison G, Mohammad K (2002) An accelerated nutrition transition in Iran. Public Health Nutr 5:149-155 (Pubitemid 41128301)
22. Guthold R, Ono T, Strong KL, Chatterji S, Morabia A (2008) Worldwide variability in physical inactivity a 51-country survey. Am J Prev Med 34:486-494 (Pubitemid 351615487)
23. Hallal PC, Andersen LB, Bull FC, Guthold R, Haskell W, Ekelund U (2012) Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects. Lancet 380:247-257
24. Heath GW, Parra DC, Sarmiento OL, Andersen LB, Owen N, Goenka S, Montes F, Brownson RC (2012) Evidence-based intervention in physical activity: lessons from around the world. Lancet 380:272-281
25. Kahn EB, Ramsey LT, Brownson RC, Heath GW, Howze EH, Powell KE, Stone EJ, Rajab MW, Corso P (2002) The effectiveness of interventions to increase physical activity. A systematic review. Am J Prev Med 22:73-107 (Pubitemid 34441035)
26. Kohl HW III, Craig CL, Lambert EV, Inoue S, Alkandari JR, Leetongin G, Kahlmeier S (2012) The pandemic of physical inactivity: global action for public health. Lancet 380:294-305
27. Lee IM, Shiroma EJ, Lobelo F, Puska P, Blair SN, Katzmarzyk PT (2012) Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: An analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy. Lancet 380:219-229
28. Lindstrom M, Isacsson SO, Merlo J (2003) Increasing prevalence of overweight, obesity and physical inactivity: two population-based studies 1986 and 1994. Eur J Public Health 13:306-312 (Pubitemid 38063580)
29. Ng SW, Popkin BM (2012) Time use and physical activity: A shift away from movement across the globe. Obes Rev 13:659-680
30. Patel RB, Burke TF (2009) Urbanization - an emerging humanitarian disaster. N Engl J Med 361:741-743
31. Roman-Vinas B, Serra-Majem L, Ribas-Barba L, Roure-Cuspinera E, Cabezas C, Vallbona C, Plasencia A (2007) Trends in physical activity status in Catalonia, Spain (1992-2003). Public Health Nutr 10:1389-1395 (Pubitemid 350085194)
32. Sigmundova D, Sigmund E, Fromel K, Suchomel A (2011) Gender differences in physical activity, sedentary behavior and BMI in the Liberec region: the IPAQ study in 2002-2009. J Hum Kinet 28:123-131
33. Steffen LM, Arnett DK, Blackburn H, Shah G, Armstrong C, Luepker RV, Jacobs DR Jr (2006) Population trends in leisure-time physical activity: Minnesota Heart Survey, 1980-2000. Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:1716-1723 (Pubitemid 44523757)
34. Trinh OT, Nguyen ND, Dibley MJ, Phongsavan P, Bauman AE (2008) The prevalence and correlates of physical inactivity among adults in Ho Chi Minh City. BMC Public Health 8:204 (Pubitemid 352000992)
35. Warren JM, Ekelund U, Besson H, Mezzani A, Geladas N, Vanhees L (2010) Assessment of physical activity - a review of methodologies with reference to epidemiological research: A report of the exercise physiology section of the European association of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 17:127-139
36. World Health Organization (2005) WHO STEPS surveillance manual: The WHO STEPwise approach to chronic disease risk factor surveillance. http://www.who.int/chp/steps/resources/Analysis-Programs-Documentation-v2.0.pdf. Accessed 15 Oct 2013
37. World Health Organization (2012) community-based initiative series: effect of urbanization on incidence of noncommunicable disease. http://applications.emro.who.int/dsaf/EMPUB-2012-864.pdf. Accessed 15 Oct 2013
38. Yeats B (2012) Women and physical activity (gender impact assessment no. 12). http://whv.org.au/static/files/assets/a3b15e42/GIA-12-Physical-Activity. pdf. Accessed 15 Oct 2013