LIFESTYLE & HEALTH BEHAVIOR

Lifestyle & Health Behavior

Lifestyle & Health Behavior

Introduction

While there are a number of studies that deal directly with health learning, it would seem that a large share of lifestyle, health and illness behavior is developed in the family settings. This paper chooses Studies of the health behavior of healthy individuals and families and provides a critical analysis on the types of issues involved in the studies, their importance, and their contribution to the existing body of knowledge in the health behavioral sciences.

Types of Issues Involved

Litman (1974) found that parents, regardless of their generation, constituted the ...