Health and LifestylesWhat is a `healthy' lifestyle? Which is more significant: the social circumstances in which people live, or lifestyle habits such as exercise or smoking? Health and Lifestyles is the first description of a large and representative survey of the British population asking just those questions. It examines the findings, and considers issues such as measured fitness, declared health, psychological status, life circumstances, health-related behaviour, attitudes and beliefs. Providing firm evidence of the importance of social circumstances and patterns of health-related behaviour, Health and Lifestyles is an important contribution to current debate, revealing the levels of inequality in health in Britain today. |
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Contents
WHAT IS HEALTH? | |
THE MEASUREMENT OF HEALTH | |
SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND HEALTH | |
PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR | |
ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR | |
BEHAVIOUR AND HEALTH | |
CIRCUMSTANCES BEHAVIOUR AND HEALTH | |
CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS | |
APPENDICES | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Health and Lifestyles |
| Author | Mildred Blaxter |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2003 |
| ISBN | 113498927X, 9781134989270 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › › Medical / Allied Health Services / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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