Objective (s): There is a strong belief that poor nutrition is a major risk factor for developing ill health including chronic diseases. As part of a study on health perception among Iranian people, the relationship of nutrition with other lifestyle factors was assessed.Methods: This was a population-based study. A random sample of individuals aged between 18 and 65 years were entered into the study. Respondents were asked to indicate how much they look after of own nutrition status. They rated their behavior on a 5-point scale. In addition to socio-demographic, the record of lifestyle data included smoking, and physical activity. Descriptive statistic and correlation were used to analyze the data.Results: In all 27, 883 individuals taken part in this study. The mean age of respondents was 32.7 (SD=11.8) years old.39.3% and 13.4% respondents indicated that they were very or very much concerned about their nutrition issues respectively. Further analysis showed that there were a positive correlation between nutrition behaviors and other lifestyle habits. Non-smokers, those with higher level of physical activities and those who were more health-oriented were more likely to take care of themselves regarding nutrition issues.Conclusion: The findings suggest that health-related behaviors are very connected to each other. Indeed cognitive interventions might be necessary to improve the health-related behaviors among Iranian nation.

Aims: Promoting healthy lifestyles among students is crucial, as they can facilitate health education within families and communities. This study aimed to assess health-promoting lifestyles among dormitory-residing students at North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences. Instrument & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2024 among 348 dormitory-resident students at North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Iran, selected via multistage sampling. Data on demographics and health-promoting behaviors were collected using a validated 49-item Persian HPLP-II questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS 22, which included descriptive statistics, t-tests, and ANOVA. Findings: Of the 348 dormitory-residing students (mean age 22.42±2.32 years; 34.8% male), the mean health-promoting lifestyle score was 135.82±19.35. Females exhibited significantly higher total and subscale scores than males (p<0.05). Employed students scored higher in total, health responsibility, physical activity, and nutrition (p<0.05). Significant differences were observed based on educational level, mother’s education, father’s occupation, and family income (p<0.05), with lower scores generally associated with lower socioeconomic factors. No differences were found by marital status (except for health responsibility), semester, field of study, or mother’s occupation. Conclusion: Sociodemographic factors, including gender, employment, educational level, mother’s education, father’s occupation, and family income play a significant role in health-promoting lifestyles.

Iranian current consumption pattern is far away from the optimal pattern from the point of view of Islamic values. Considering the problems, this study was conducted to identify the underlying cultural factors of Islamic-Iranian lifestyle. Taking a qualitative method and thematic analysis, and conducting semi-structured interview, the study used the ideas of 17 experts of management and planning of cultural affairs and communication sciences (mainly) from Isfahan province. Purposeful sampling and snowball method were used simultaneously to have a desired sample. Theoretical saturation criterion was the decision-making criterion for determining the number of participants. The results determined eight main themes as the most cultural factors affecting Islamic-Iranian lifestyle: 1) cultural assets, 2) interactive factors, 3) family-based examples, 4) religion-based examples, 5) environmental factors, 6) individual factors, 7) cultural examples, and 8) socio-ethical examples. Each of the main themes has some sub-themes. Iranian lifestyle in so many cases is affected by non-Islamic customs and traditions, therefore it seems necessary that policymakers and cultural planners focus on Islamic lifestyle, especially on the issues related to children.

Objective: Nowadays, lifestyle is an effective concept for studying the facts of life of different people. Elite athletes are always one of the most important groups in societies that their lifestyle is of interest to all. Studying the elite athletes’ lifestyles requires a valid and reliable tool. Therefore, the aim of this study was to construct and validate Elite Athletes Lifestyle Questionnaire. Methodology: The study was mix method that in qualitative phase for identifying lifestyle indicators 19 experts selected for deep unstructured interview in targeted sampling. Qualitative data was analyzed using the Glaser approach of grounded theory and its validity was verified by 10 experts. The statistical population of the quantitative phase was all of the athletes in premier League of football, futsal, volleyball and basketball that 308 of them completed the researcher-made questionnaire in stratified random sampling. Data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and Fitting Model Indexes were confirmed after correction of some questions. Results: The results showed the Iranian elite athletes’ lifestyle tool has 10 dimensions include Responsibility, Financial Literacy, Leisure, Professional Thinking, Life Vision, Emotional Competencies, Consumption, Cultural Consumption, Religious Behavior and individual Issues. Also, the reliability of sub scales was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and for the whole scale of 0. 89. Conclusion: Due to the results the designed tool, has a good validity and reliability and can be used to study the distinctions of elite athletes lifestyles.

Media todays, especially television, in addition to the entertainment and information functions, are considered a tool for modeling and promoting lifestyle in societies. The Islamic Republic of Iran TV has always tried to promote the Islamic-Iranian lifestyle, which emphasizes on strengthening the family institution as much as possible, through media programming in the society, and is influential in the institutionalization and socialization of this style. This research was conducted with a qualitative and grounded theory method and with in-depth and semi-structured interviews with 21 experts in the field of media, family and lifestyle. The purpose of this research is to answer the question that what drawbacks have there been in the TV programming in the field of Islamic-Iranian family life style in the past years and what appropriate strategies should be considered for it. The results of the research with the number of 7 main categories, 11 general concepts and 67 final codes showed that extra-organizational factors such as not having a national message management center in the field of Islamic-Iranian lifestyle for cultural institutions, the tendency of the audience towards the home network TV, and Some intra-organizational factors such as: reduction of behavioristic drama programs, increasing gap between the media and the new generation audience and the like, cause the media programs to have little influence in the field of Islamic-Iranian lifestyle. Also, suitable strategies are provided with the approach of grounded theory method and determining the background conditions, facilitating, limiting and consequences.