Less than 3% Pursue Healthy Lifestyles

Why do so few do what they know is right?
 U.S. adults get failing grade in healthy lifestyle behaviorBy David Stauth,
Contact: Ellen Smit, 541-737-3833 or ellen.smit@oregonstate.edu
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Only 2.7 percent of the U.S. adult population achieves all four of some basic behavioral characteristics that researchers say would constitute a “healthy lifestyle” and help protect against cardiovascular disease, a recent study concluded.
In this study, researchers from Oregon State University and the University of Mississippi examined how many adults succeed in four general barometers that could help define healthy behavior: a good diet, moderate exercise, a recommended body fat percentage and being a non-smoker. It’s the basic health advice, in other words, that doctors often give to millions of patients all over the world.
Such characteristics are associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease as well as many other health problems, such as cancer and type 2 diabetes.

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