Patterns of healthy lifestyle and positive health attitudes in older Europeans

• Published in: The Journal of nutrition, health & aging Vol. 12; no. 10; pp. 728 - 733
• Main Authors: KozŁowska, K., Szczecińska, A., Roszkowski, W., Brzozowska, A., Alfonso, C., Fjellstrom, C., Morais, C., Nielsen, N. A., Pfau, C., Saba, A., Sidenvall, B., Turrini, A., Raats, M., Lumbers, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Springer-Verlag 01.12.2008; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Aging; Alcohol; Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology; Attitude to Health; Attitudes; Biological and medical sciences; Body Weight; Europe; Exercise; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Geriatrics/Gerontology; health attitudes; Health Behavior; Health Surveys; Humans; Income; Life Style; lifestyle; Lifestyles; Logistic Models; Male; MEDICIN; MEDICINE; Medicine & Public Health; Neurosciences; Nutrition; Older people; Primary Care Medicine; Quality of life; Quality of Life Research; Questionnaires; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - epidemiology; Smoking; Smoking - epidemiology; Sociodemographics; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Europe; health attitudes; Older people; lifestyle; Attitude; Health; Metabolic diseases; European; Life style

Objectives: To determine (i) the extent to which recommended lifestyle healthy behaviors are adopted and the existence of positive attitudes to health; (ii) the relative influence of socio-demographic variables on multiple healthy lifestyle behaviors and positive attitudes to health; (iii) the assoc...