Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing the Health-Oriented Lifestyle of Young People

Lifestyle is a multifaceted model and health plays a central role in it. There is a kind of aspect of health-oriented lifestyle that refers to the sports model, which emphasizes the aspect of health-oriented aspect more. A health-oriented lifestyle includes various aspects of people's lives and not only affects individual health, but also affects public health. The main goal of this research is to investigate the sociological factors that determine the health-oriented lifestyle among young people aged 18-35 in Hamadan city. The sub-goals are: 1- Investigating the status of the health-oriented lifestyle of the youth of Hamedan city 2- Investigating the determining factors of the health-oriented lifestyle of the youth of Hamedan city. In this research, various theories were examined from the point of view of theorists in relation to the explanation of the subject.

This research was done by survey method and using questionnaire technique. Based on Cochran's formula, 384 people were selected as the sample size. A multi-stage cluster sampling method was used. After data collection, the obtained information was analyzed by spss software. Correlation coefficient, regression and path analysis were used to analyze the data.

The descriptive findings of the research show that about half of the respondents' health-oriented lifestyle status is at an average level. The findings of explanatory results show that the correlation between independent and dependent variables is 0.54 and the exercise pattern variable has a greater effect on health-oriented lifestyle with 0.67. According to the analytical findings of multivariable regression, the independent variables of social capital 0.44, cultural consumption 0.41, social and economic base 0.32 influence the health-oriented lifestyle, respectively.

A health-oriented lifestyle with an emphasis on the role of exercise in the physical and mental health of people is very important. Because the importance of physical and mental health puts lifestyle goals and social relations under its radius and these factors affect the environment of behaviors based on a healthy life.