Socioeconomic gradient in physical activity: findings from the PERSIAN cohort study.

Ali Kazemi KaryaniBehzad Karmi MatinShahin SoltaniSatar RezaeiMoslem SoofiYahya SalimiMehdi MoradinazarMohammad HajizadehYahya PasdarBehrooz HamzehLoghman BarzegarAli Akbar HaghdoostReza MalekzadehHossein PoustchiZahra MohammadiElnaz FaramarziAli Reza SafarpourFarhad PourfarziMahmood MoosazadehAzim NejatizadehMojtaba FarjamDavoud VahabzadehAli AhmadiFereshteh GhoratJafar AhmadiFariborz Mansour-GhanaeiMohammad Reza MirjaliliSaeid EslamiNajmeh MaharloueiSeyed Mehdi TabatabaeiSara SarvandianFarid Najafi

Published in: BMC public health (2019)

The higher prevalence of PPA among Iranian adults, especially, women and older adults, warrant further public health attention. Since PPA is concentrated more among the high-SES population in Iran, strategies for the promotion of physical activity should focus more on economically well-off population.

Keyphrases

physical activity
public health
body mass index
risk factors
working memory
type diabetes
sleep quality
breast cancer risk