RT Book, Section
A1 Reynolds, Kim D.
A1 Spruijt-Metz, Donna
A1 Unger, Jennifer
A2 Wallace, Robert B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1141972543
T1 Health Behavior Research and Intervention
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Medical
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071441988
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141972543
RD 2024/04/24
AB Scientists  from  the  Department  of  Health  and  Human  Services,  after  reviewing  causes  of  death  in  the  United  States,  concluded  that  about  half  of  all  deaths  could  be  attributed  to  a  limited  number  of  largely  preventable  behaviors  and  exposures.1,2  These  scientists  estimated  external  (nongenetic)  modifiable  causes  of  mortality  for  the  year  2000  and  concluded  that  tobacco,  poor  diet  and  physical  inactivity,  alcohol  consumption,  microbial  agents,  toxic  agents,  motor  vehicle  related  fatality,  firearms,  sexual  behavior,  and  illicit  drug  use  accounted  for  the  most  mortality.  Their  analysis  led  Mokdad  et  al.  to  argue  for  increased  efforts  toward  prevention  in  our  health  care  and  public  health  systems.2