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OBJECTIVE: In the treatment of Metabolic syndrome and the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviors are considered as the basic principles of health promotion. This descriptive study was conducted to determine healthy lifestyle behaviors and the affecting factors those behaviors of women with Metabolic syndrome. METHODS: The sample was composed 225 women who are diagnosed and treated for Metabolic syndrome by the physician in obesity outpatient of a teaching and research hospital in Istanbul, and 18 years old or older and accepting to study. The data was collected by a questionnaire which includes sociodemographic characteristics and score Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile Scale-II. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, student-t, Kruskal-Wallis test and the significance level was accepted as p 0.05. RESULTS: The mean age of women was 49.08±12.69 years. 56.9% of them graduated from primary school, 80% were married, 86.2% had children, 88.9% was house wife. It was found that the mean of total score of Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile Scale-II was 130.74±18.77. The highest score was in subscale including self-actualization and the lowest score was in subscale including habitual regular exercise behavior in Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile Scale-II. CONCLUSION: We determined that healthy lifestyle behaviors of women with MetS were moderate level and her exercise was inadequate. Therefore the women with metabolic syndrome are recommended to be encouraged and motivated about healthy lifestyle changes to get the habit of a healthy diet and regular exercise.

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