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The study followed the World Health Organization (WHO) STEPwise Survey guidelines for data collection [ 12].
During that period, subsequent surveys were conducted in DHS 2004, PFHS 2006, PFHS 2010, Stepwise Survey 2010 and we compared the model outputs with the observed prevalence estimates.
According to the results of the STEPwise survey, nutrition and physical activity as the main interventions that need to be addressed in an effective, innovative way.
The 2012 national STEPwise survey reported that approximately 70%% of the population is overweight or obese (body mass index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m) [ 3].
The observed prevalence was 10.6 versus 11.4% predicted in 2004, 11.8 versus 12.6% in 2006 and 13.8 versus 15.3% predicted using Stepwise survey results.
The recent WHO Malawi national STEPwise survey estimated a prevalence of diabetes of 5.6% in adults 25 64 years, with a similar prevalence in rural and urban areas 12.
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Findings from the WHO STEPwise surveys in countries of the MENA region also show a wide range of prevalence estimates of physical activity, varying between 13.2% and 78.4% [ 23].
Longer term routine surveillance, including census data, birth and death registers, multiple-indicator cluster surveys, demographic health surveys, nutritional surveys, WHO STEPwise surveys, and donor research (Mokdad and Lozano 2009), yield additional data, but because they are often collected by agencies other than the health department, they may not be included in health decision making.
The HoPiT team together with the MoPH's Department for Disease Control have been involved in a number of prevention activities including organising training workshops for health personnel, carrying out STEPwise surveys to identify the risk factors for common chronic diseases in both urban and rural areas and providing monitoring services of chronic diseases.
In order to identify job demands and resources as well as indicators of negative and positive health which are not organization-specific we followed a stepwise approach: The survey comprised a basic section with 35 validated scales on diverse job demands and resources and a broad range of well-being and health indicators, for which data of all employees were available.
Following the WHO STEPwise guidelines, a national survey was conducted in Lebanon in 2008 2009.
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