en وضعیت سبک زندگی مادران در استان زنجان، ایران Life Science Life Science مقاله پژوهشی Original Research Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#008080;"><strong>Background & Objective:</strong></span> Lifestyle is an important factor in determining family and community health. Therefore, the current study aimed to determine the status of mothers&#39; lifestyle in Zanjan province, Iran.<br> <span style="color:#008080;"><strong>Materials & Methods:</strong></span> The study is part of a national cross-sectional project implemented by the National Institute for Medical Research Development (NIMAD) in Iran. This study used multi-stage cluster sampling and included 1039 mothers from Zanjan province in 2015-2016. The data gathering tools were the lifestyle questionnaire (LSQ) and a demographic questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS 20.<br> <span style="color:#008080;"><strong>Results: </strong></span>The results showed that the lifestyle status of 4.6% of the mothers was lower than the normal level, 89.3% at the normal level, and 6.1% was good. Mean and standard deviation of the total lifestyle of mothers was 2.01&plusmn;0.31. Evaluating the mean of lifestyle components showed that the highest mean of lifestyle status in mothers in Zanjan province was related to drugs avoidance (M=2.65) and the lowest mean was related to sport and health components (M=1.44).<br> <span style="color:#008080;"><strong>Conclusion:</strong></span> The lifestyle status of the studied samples was predominantly at normal level. However, their status in such components as exercise and health, environmental health, weight control, nutrition, and physical health was not very favorable, which makes it necessary to plan more precisely in this area. Results showed that mothers living in the city had a significantly better lifestyle than those living in rural areas. Findings also indicated that mothers with a higher level of education had a better lifestyle than those with a lower level.</span></span></p> Lifestyle, Mothers, Nutrition, Physical health, Weight control, Zanjan province 23 28 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-3589-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ali Reza Armani Kian علیرضا ارمنی کیان Dr.Armmani@gmail.com 5200319475328460047781 5200319475328460047781 No Dept.of Psychiatry, Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Mohammad Reza Mohammadi محمدرضا محمودی Mohammadimr@tums.ac.ir 5200319475328460047782 5200319475328460047782 No Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Seyed-Ali Mostafavi سیدعلی مصطفوی mostafavi_a@sina.tums.ac.ir 5200319475328460047783 5200319475328460047783 No Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Nastaran Ahmadi نسترن احمدی Ahmadi.psy@gmail.com 5200319475328460047784 5200319475328460047784 No Yazd Cardiovascular Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Jahangir Mohammadi Bytamar جهانگیر محمدی بایتمار Jahanmohammadi 5200319475328460047785 5200319475328460047785 Yes Education & Treatment Center of Valiasr, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran