en کیفیت زندگی Quality of Life Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Background: </strong>Considering the role of lifestyle in promoting, maintaining, continuity health and the importance of paying attention to the veterans and their families who have suffered a lot in order to sacrifice for the homeland, the present study intends to compare the lifestyle among veterans and non-veterans in Mashhad city.<strong><span dir="RTL"></span></strong><br> <strong>Methods: </strong>This study was conducted using a survey method. The statistical population included the veteran and non-veteran families of Mashhad. A total of 360 questionnaires were filled out in this city. The research instruments were Lifestyle Questionnaire (LSQ) and All Aspects of Health Literacy Scale<span dir="RTL">.</span> The data were analyzed by SPSS v.24.<br> <strong>Results: </strong>There is not a significant difference between the mean scores of lifestyle in the two groups of veteran and non-veteran in Mashhad (p > 0.05). The comparison of mean lifestyle scores also showed that there was no significant difference between the lifestyle scores of men and women in the non-veteran group and the mean scores of the single and married lifestyle in the veteran and non-veteran group (p > 0.05). There is a significant relationship between education level and health literacy of veteran and non-veteran families with their lifestyle, age, and employment status. They are also related to the lifestyle of their life because of the status they provide for the sacrifices.<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Comparison of the two groups in terms of lifestyle indicates that the veterans are in a less favorable position than non-veterans in terms of some aspects of lifestyle such as physical health, exercise and health, disease prevention and mental health.</span></span></div> Lifestyle, Veterans, Health, Family, health literacy 622 629 http://sbrh.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-44-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Seyed Alireza Afshani afshanialireza@yazd.ac.ir 1861466234 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2311-3329 Yes Department of Cooperative and Social Welfare, Faculty of Social science, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran. Seyed Mostajad Hosseini-motlagh mostajad@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5269-3561 No Department of Social Welfare, Janbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center, Tehran, Iran. Hamide Shiri-Mohammadabad hamideh_shiri70@yahoo.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5269-3561 No Department of Cooperative and Social Welfare, Faculty of Social science, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.