Prevalence of obesity, smoking, eating habits and physical activity and factors affecting faculty of medical sciences in 1392 (the study of quantitative and qualitative)

Introduction: One of the new approaches to promote healthy life-styles is focus on reference groups in society. Doctors and particularly professors of medical university play an important role in education of the proper way of life and are as a good model to abide the proper way of life. This study aimed to evaluate healthy lifestyles in this important class of community. Methods: For qualitative analysis of factors affecting on physical activity professors were conducted a in-depth interviews. After completing the questionnaire, data were analyzed using SPSS software and GUIDE LINE IPAQ questionnaire (International Physical ActivityQuestionnaires) is available in online questionnaire the physical activity was analyzed. Results: In this study, 69 percent of professors were with excess weight, 24.56% were with normal BMI and 6.43% were obese. The level of individual activity during the week (except time spent resting in a week) was 26.12±14.76 hours and the average time spent sitting was 8.66 hours. It was also observed that the 68.24% (based on a questionnaire IPAQ) had moderate activity, 20.46% light activity and 11.11% had a high activity level. Conclusion: In this study it was observed that the amount of activity level of Ardabil University faculty members is low, but this level of activity was consistent with the majority of studie