Concepts of Health Behavior

Concepts of Health Behavior

Introduction

In the United States, Health behaviors are considered as a foremost cause of many health issues and mortality rate. In this manner, it is important to advance public health data over the dominance of such health behaviors, which are harmful for healthy life. The evaluative measures are not only subjected to the need of country's statistical data, but also for assessing the usefulness of intervention efforts. This paper will reflect on the statement “health behaviors are a leading cause of illness and death in the United States” (Mokdad & Remington, 2010). It will also discuss ...