Browsing by Subject "Health promotion"
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Country and gender-specific achievement of healthy nutrition and physical activity guidelines: Latent class analysis of 6266 university students in Egypt, Libya, and Palestine
( MDPI AG , 2017 , Article)Research on healthy behaviour such as physical activity and healthy nutrition and their combination is lacking among university students in Arab countries. The current survey assessed healthy nutrition, and moderate/vigorous ... -
Effect of a pedometer-based walking challenge on increasing physical activity levels amongst hospital workers
( BioMed Central Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Background: More than 50% of Qatari adults are physically inactive. The workplace is an excellent environment to implement cost-effective, efficient behavioural physical activity (PA) interventions to increase PA. This ... -
Evaluating the impact of a brief Health at Every Size-informed health promotion activity on body positivity and internalized weight-based oppression
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Weight-based oppression, including negative attitudes about body weight, and harassment, stigma, and discrimination based on body weight, is a widespread phenomenon that leads to considerable distress and poor health and ... -
Understanding Sociocultural Influences on Physical Activity in Relation to Overweight and Obesity in a Rural Indigenous Community of Fiji Islands
( Springer , 2022 , Article)Introduction: Given health disparities and increased rates of obesity and non-communicable diseases seen in Indigenous populations worldwide and the evidence connecting sociocultural knowledge with physical activity, health, ... -
University-Based Smoking Cessation Program Through Pharmacist-Physician Initiative: An Economic Evaluation
( JCDR Research and Publications , 2016 , Article)Introduction Annually, especially in poor resourced countries, significant amount of money is spent to treat chronic diseases. The money instead could be saved by spending on health promotion programs for preventing ... -
University-based smoking cessation program through pharmacist-physician initiative: An economic evaluation
( JCDR Research and Publications (P) , 2016 , Article)Introduction: Annually, especially in poor resourced countries, significant amount of money is spent to treat chronic diseases. The money instead could be saved by spending on health promotion programs for preventing chronic ...