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- Title
Do health behaviours cluster in a working population in New Zealand?
- Authors
Williden, Micalla; Duncan, Scott; Schofield, Grant
- Abstract
<bold>Issue Addressed: </bold>This study examines whether adhering to healthy weight, physical activity and fruit and vegetable recommendations lead to a cluster in a working population.<bold>Methods: </bold>An online Health Risk Assessment (HRA) was administered to 1,296 (36%) employees in nine organisations across New Zealand. Clustering was defined as the co-prevalence of behaviours above that which was expected by the laws of probability.<bold>Results: </bold>Less than half the participants met physical activity guidelines (44.5%) or maintained a healthy weight (46.7%), and 29.4% consumed five or more servings of fruit and vegetables per day. Just 3.8% of participants met all three recommendations, compared to an expected prevalence of 7.6%. There was no clustering of health behaviours, with no difference between expected and observed prevalence (with an observed/expected (O/E) ratio between 0.68-0.93).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Few people adhere to two or more simple public health messages recommended to reduce risk of chronic disease.
- Publication
Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2012, Vol 23, Issue 3, p234
- ISSN
1036-1073
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1071/he12234