Human Potential Centre, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.
Health Promot J Austr. 2012 Dec;23(3):234-6. doi: 10.1071/he12234.
This study examines whether adhering to healthy weight, physical activity and fruit and vegetable recommendations lead to a cluster in a working population.
An online Health Risk Assessment (HRA) was administered to 1,296 (36%) employees in nine organisations across New Zealand. Clustering was defined as the co-prevalence of behaviours above that which was expected by the laws of probability.
Less than half the participants met physical activity guidelines (44.5%) or maintained a healthy weight (46.7%), and 29.4% consumed five or more servings of fruit and vegetables per day. Just 3.8% of participants met all three recommendations, compared to an expected prevalence of 7.6%. There was no clustering of health behaviours, with no difference between expected and observed prevalence (with an observed/expected (O/E) ratio between 0.68-0.93).
Few people adhere to two or more simple public health messages recommended to reduce risk of chronic disease.
本研究旨在探讨在工作人群中，遵循健康体重、身体活动和水果与蔬菜推荐量的建议是否会形成一个集群。
在新西兰的九个组织中，共有 1296 名（36%）员工参与了在线健康风险评估（HRA）。聚类的定义是行为的共同出现频率超过了概率规律所预期的频率。
不到一半的参与者符合身体活动指南（44.5%）或保持健康体重（46.7%），29.4%的人每天摄入五份或更多份水果和蔬菜。只有 3.8%的参与者同时满足了这三个建议，而预期的流行率为 7.6%。健康行为没有聚类，实际流行率与预期流行率之间没有差异（观察/预期（O/E）比值在 0.68-0.93 之间）。
很少有人同时遵循两个或更多个旨在降低慢性病风险的简单公共卫生建议。
