The pillars of health: influence of multiple lifestyle behaviors on body mass index and depressive symptoms in adult twins.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Guidelines promoting healthy lifestyles are cornerstones of chronic disease prevention and treatment. The purpose of this study is to investigate independent and joint associations of five key health behaviors with health outcomes (body mass index (BMI kg/m²) and depressive symptoms) in adult twins.

Methods

We included 6,048 twin pairs from a community-based registry. Five key health behaviors were: (1) ≥ 8 h of sleep per night, (2) ≥ 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, (3) ≤ 2 h sedentary time per day, (4) ≥ 150 min of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per week, and (5) no smoking. We analyzed phenotypic associations between behaviors and outcomes; whether phenotypic associations were confounded by additive genetic and shared environ

SUBMITTER: Duncan GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9354427 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature