Abstract
Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical inactivity (multiple risks) often lead to serious health consequence and impaired health status. The purpose of this study was to investigate the trend in health-related behavioral factors over time among adults in South Korea (hereafter Korea). The data of 1,595,842 Koreans older than 19 years who participated in the 2008-2014 Korea Community Health Survey were analyzed to assess the trend in the prevalence of behavioral risk factors. Individual or clustering health-related behaviors were assessed according to sex, age, and region among 228,712 adults who participated in the 2014 survey. From 2008 to 2014, the age-adjusted prevalence of obesity and high-risk alcohol use increased the prevalence of male current smoking and marginally decreased walking ability. Over 7 years, the percentage of adults who reported having all three healthy behaviors (i.e., currently not smoking, not consuming alcohol or having high-risk alcohol use, and engaging in walking) decreased from 35.2% in 2008 to 29.6% in 2014. Increased efforts to emphasize multiple health-related behavioral risk factors, including reducing alcohol use and smoking, and to encourage walking are needed in the thirties and forties age groups in Korea.
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IntroductionAs South Korea (hereafter Korea) continues to develop economically, the average life expectancyof its population has increased from 61.9 years in 1970 to 81.4 years in 2012
As South Korea continues to develop economically, the average life expectancyof its population has increased from 61.9 years in 1970 to 81.4 years in 2012
We examined the change in the number of three types of health-risk behaviors from 2008 to 2014
Summary
As South Korea (hereafter Korea) continues to develop economically, the average life expectancyof its population has increased from 61.9 years in 1970 to 81.4 years in 2012. The number of patients with chronic illnesses is increasing owing to increasing population of elderly individuals older than 65 years This has led to an increased interest in the burden of disease and health-related quality of life. According to the Alameda County Study, not smoking, reduced alcohol consumption, regular physical activity, maintenance of a healthy weight, adequate amount of sleep, regular breakfast consumption, and snacking were proposed as health-related behavioral factors. These healthy behaviors correlated with mortality rate, either independently or in combination [4]. Healthy behaviors such as not smoking, moderate alcohol consumption, exercise, and healthy eating habits are known to prevent chron-
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