Lifestyles in suburban populations: A systematic review

Electronic Physician

卷:9

关键词: Suburban population;    Poverty area;    lifestyle;   

DOI  :  10.19082/4791

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: Lifestyle and suburban population are important issues in the field of health. The living conditionsof informal settlements can lead to acquisition of an unhealthy lifestyle.Objective: This study has been designed to investigate the articles that have been published regarding lifestyle insuburban populations.Methods: The present research was a systematic review of studies in databases including Iranmedex, Magiran,SID, Irandoc, PubMed, Google Scholar, Science Direct and Scopus, in 2017. All Persian and English paperswritten from 2000 to 2017 were evaluated by two reviewers using an advanced search of the databases withkeywords related to lifestyles and suburban population. After completion of the search, the Strengthening theReporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) checklist was used to evaluate the articles.Results: In total, 19 articles were found to have addressed the lifestyle in suburban populations. The results ofthese studies showed an unhealthy lifestyle in the most informal settlements. There was no food diversity.Malnutrition was common, especially overweight. The majority of the people did not have enough physicalactivity, and smoking and alcohol consumption were common, especially in men.Conclusion: Studies showed that suburban populations are among the groups that have unfavorableenvironmental conditions to acquiring healthy lifestyle and maintaining appropriate health. Therefore, developinginfrastructure, improving health services (environment, treatment of diseases, reduction of malnutrition and infantmortality, access to safe drinking water and sanitation, improving waste disposal and recycling it), improvingeducation and smoking prevention programs in improving lifestyle is recommended.

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