Abstract

Prevalence of health-related complication, has gained a growing trend within the past decades. Health status, both. In individual and public scale, can be affected by lifestyle. Social behaviors and lifestyle, can be as results of culture and history in a society which can affect health status as a result. History and heritage can affect components of lifestyle as well, including dietary pattern and physical activity. Moreover, each country, has its own natural and historical resources which can affect lifestyle, way of living, social behavior, tourism and cultural exchange. The purpose of this article was to reveal the effect of culture on healthy behavior exchange within the communities with more emphasize on telomer, as an indicator of cell health status. By considering the positive aspects and strength of culture in health area, including traditions for foods and physical activity, it can be suggested that life-related behaviors and natural resources, can affect cell health status which can be predicted by telomer length and tourism attraction. This may provide an opportunity for health-related behavior exchange, by improving national and international culture-related and health-related behaviors which seems to require effective and practical regulations to be organized by responsible authorities.

Keywords

tourism, culture, lifestyle, nutrition, physical activity