Open AccessLiving longer and feeling better: healthy lifestyle, self-rated health, obesity and depression in Ireland
Author(s) -
J M Harrington,
Ivan J. Perry,
Jennifer E. Lutomski,
AP Fitzgerald,
Frances Shiely,
Hannah McGee,
Margaret M. Barry,
Eric Van Lente,
Kàren Morgan,
Emer Shelley
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckp102
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , mental health , obesity , life expectancy , gerontology , feeling , depression (economics) , quality of life (healthcare) , population , environmental health , demography , psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , macroeconomics , nursing , economics , sociology
The combination of four protective lifestyle behaviours (being physically active, a non-smoker, a moderate alcohol consumer and having adequate fruit and vegetable intake) has been estimated to increase life expectancy by 14 years. However, the effect of adopting these lifestyle behaviours on general health, obesity and mental health is less defined. We examined the combined effect of these behaviours on self-rated health, overweight/obesity and depression.
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