%0 Journal Article
%T Discordance between lifestyle-related health behaviors and beliefs of urban mainland Chinese: A questionnaire study with implications for targeting health education
%A Alice Jones
%A Elizabeth Dean
%A Michael E. Bodner
%A Peng Wang
%A Zhenyi Li
%J Archive of "AIMS Public Health".
%D 2019
%R 10.3934/publichealth.2019.1.49
%X Morbidity and mortality in China are increasingly associated with lifestyle behaviors, e.g., smoking, poor nutritional choices, and physical inactivity. Lifestyle-related non-communicable diseases (e.g., hypertension, stroke, heart disease, lung disease) are at critical levels globally, in turn their socioeconomic burdens. Knowledge of lifestyle-related health behaviors and beliefs of mainland Chinese would help inform the design and targeting of cost-effective health education for individuals and campaigns in the interests of promoting and protecting health, and preventing disease. This study's objective was to describe the lifestyle behaviors and beliefs of a sample of urban mainland Chinese, and their congruence with evidence-based guidelines for maximal health
%K health promotion education
%K lifestyle-related behaviors
%K lifestyle-related beliefs
%K mainland Chinese
%K non-communicable diseases
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433611/