Volume 16, Issue 1 (Paramedical Sciences and Military Health (Spring 2021) 2021)                   Paramedical Sciences and Military Health 2021, 16(1): 46-56 | Back to browse issues page

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1- Cardiovascular Research Center, Shahid Rahimi Hospital, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khoramabad, Iran
2- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran , pejman7genetian@gmail.com
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Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases remain a main social and health issue in Iran. Thepresent study aimed to draw attention to the importance of a healthy lifestyle and its relationship with the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
Methods and Materials: This review article examined the obtained evidence and theirrole in preventing cardiovascular diseases by searching cardiovascular disease and nutrition,diet and obesity, physical activity, exercise, smoking, stress, diabetes and blood pressure
keywords in various data bases such as Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, and PubMed Central databases.
Results: The preventing behaviors from cardiovascular diseases were examined inthe community and the results were moderate. Overall, attention should be drawn to diet,obesity, weight, physical activity, exercise, health, diabetes and hypertension, and the useof antioxidants and minerals by holding training sessions. Physician’s instructions should beperformed consciously to prevent cardiovascular diseases. Probably, it should be an importantpart of a healthy lifestyle.
Discussion and Conclusion: Raising public awareness and the need for training theeducators are effective in preventing risk factors of cardiovascular disease. However, thisawareness may not have much effect on the preventing behaviors of these diseases. Therefore,there is a need to provide effective training programs on healthy lifestyle and the prevention ofheart disease.
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Type of Study: review | Subject: full articles
Received: 2021/04/6 | Accepted: 2021/09/22 | Published: 2021/06/20

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