Better population health through behavior change in adults: a call to action
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Spring, Bonnie J.Ockene, Judith K.
Gidding, Samuel S.
Mozaffarian, Dariush
Moore, Shirley
Rosal, Milagros C.
Brown, Michael D.
Vafiadis, Dorothea K.
Cohen, Debbie L.
Burke, Lora E.
Lloyd-Jones, Donald
American Heart Association Behavior Change Committee of the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health, Council for High Blood Pressure Research, and Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral MedicineDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2013-11-05Keywords
AdultCardiology
Cardiovascular Diseases
Health Promotion
Humans
Risk Factors
Risk Reduction Behavior
AHA Scientific Statements
behavior
population health
prevention
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Cardiovascular Diseases
Community Health
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Public Health
Public Health Education and Promotion
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An AHA Science Advisory recommending that physicians intervene more assertively to get patients to adopt healthier lifestyles, directly targeting smoking, obesity, poor diet, and physical inactivity.Source
Spring B, Ockene JK, Gidding SS, Mozaffarian D, Moore S, Rosal MC, Brown MD, Vafiadis DK, Cohen DL, Burke LE, Lloyd-Jones D; American Heart Association Behavior Change Committee of the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health, Council for High Blood Pressure Research, and Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing. Better population health through behavior change in adults: a call to action. Circulation. 2013 Nov 5;128(19):2169-76. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.0000435173.25936.e1. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
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