PURPOSE The MINIT (Minnesota Clinicians Motivating Health Improvement) Study was
designed to target 4 risk behaviors that are strongly linked to a variety of negative health …

Sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diet, tobacco use and risky drinking remain the nation's
leading causes of morbidity and mortality and impose a significant burden on our healthcare …

Foundation), primary care practice–based research networks (PBRNs) and their community,
practice, academic, and healthcare system partners began with hard-won local knowledge …

Health Rankings attribute 30% of health improvement to those behaviors, and along with the
social and physical environmental effects on health behaviors, the amount they contribute to …

Health promotion and disease prevention have received heightened national attention in
recent years due to the rise in the prevalence of chronic diseases, the preponderance of an …

Background: Four health behaviors—smoking, risky drinking, physical inactivity, and
unhealthy diets—contribute substantially to health care burden and are common among …

BACKGROUND: Whereas much is known about single lifestyle-related health risk factor
prevalence and covariates, more research is needed to elucidate the interactions among …

(CDC), four modifiable health behaviors—tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity,
and excess alcohol consumption—account for nearly 40% of mortality in the United States. 1 …

It is more than 25 years since the publication of the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial, 1
in which the combination of intensive dietary counseling, smoking-cessation advice, and …

There is more to health than health care. Where we live, work, learn, and play can affect our
health more than what happens in the physician's offıce. Yet, ask our national leaders “What …