Trends in Self-Reported Adherence to Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Among US Adults, 1999 to March 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Adherence to a healthy lifestyle is associated with lower risks of adverse outcomes. However, trends in multiple lifestyle factors and overall healthy lifestyle status among US adults in recent years are unknown.

Objective

To examine trends in multiple lifestyle factors and overall healthy lifestyle among US adults.

Design, setting, and participants

This serial cross-sectional study used nationally representative data from 10 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) cycles (nine 2-year cycles from 1999 to 2016 and 1 combined cycle from 2017 to March 2020) among adults 20 years or older. Data were analyzed from December 10, 2021, to January 11, 2023.

Exposure

Survey cycle.

Main outcomes and measures

Five healthy lifestyle facto

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10349344 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature