Abstract
These data illustrate that a healthy lifestyle-defined as a combination of 4 HLCs-was undertaken by very few adults in the United States, and that no subgroup followed this combination to a level remotely consistent with clinical or public health recommendations.
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Confidence intervalMedicineBody mass indexBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemEnvironmental healthPhysical activityPublic healthTelephone interviewDemographyGerontologyPhysical therapyPopulation
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- 2005
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 165
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 854-854
- Citations
- 296
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Mathew J. Reeves,
Ann P. Rafferty
(2005).
Healthy Lifestyle Characteristics Among Adults in the United States, 2000.
Archives of Internal Medicine
, 165
(8)
, 854-854.
https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.165.8.854
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- 10.1001/archinte.165.8.854