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

Jalil Koohpayehzadeh (), Koorosh Etemad (), Mehrshad Abbasi (), Alipasha Meysamie (), Sara Sheikhbahaei (), Fereshteh Asgari (), Sina Noshad (), Nima Hafezi-Nejad (), Ali Rafei (), Mostafa Mousavizadeh (), Elias Khajeh (), Maryam Ebadi (), Manouchehr Nakhjavani () and Alireza Esteghamati ()

International Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 59, issue 2, 241 pages

Abstract: This report indicating that the Iranian population, particularly females, have become less active during the survey period. Physical inactivity should receive more attention as a public health issue. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2014

Keywords: Physical activity; Adult; Iran; Epidemiology; GPAQ; Health surveys (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0529-3

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