The health promotion lifestyle of metabolic syndrome individuals with a diet and exercise programme

The purpose of this study was to explore a health promotion lifestyle ( HPL ) with a diet and exercise programme ( DEP ) in metabolic syndrome adults. The study consisted of 207 individuals who followed a DEP and 185 who did not. The subjects were rural community adults. Their HPL was evaluated using the C hinese version of the H ealth P romotion L ifestyle P rofile S hort F orm ( HPLP ‐ S ). The average HPLP ‐ S score was significantly higher in the DEP group (3.28 ± 0.36) than in the group without the DEP (2.05 ± 0.65). Stepwise regression analysis revealed that group, gender, smoking, alcohol use, marital status, religion and chronic disease were predictors of an HPL and accounted for 67.0% of the variance in the HPLP ‐ S score. This study demonstrates that a DEP has positive effects on a health promotion lifestyle. The community‐based DEP targeting health promotion behaviours should be presented as a strategy for metabolic syndrome in adults.