Selected lifestyle related risk factors among teachers in Kagalle MOH area

Abstract

Though teachers are a well-educated group,unhealthly dietary habits and obecity were high among them.Futher more,the numbers who consciously engaged in physical exercise was low and even among those who practice excercise,majority engaged in only mild excercise.Though, among male teachers smorking prevelence was very much lower than genaral population,alchohol consuption ,concumed at a lower level.was still quite high.a positive factor was that job related stress was very low among teachers.It is recommended that giving skills to tachers on selection intake of proper nutrious food,to engage in physical exercise and to make supportive enviorment for non smoking and non alchohol consuption will help to improve the lifestyle of not only the present generation but of the future genaration too.