Breslow L
School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles 90024, USA.
J Urban Health. 1998 Jun;75(2):242-50. doi: 10.1007/BF02345092.
Overwhelming evidence indicates the strong adverse health impact of several personal behaviors, including smoking, immoderate use of alcohol, too little physical exercise, and excessive caloric consumption. These behaviors have arisen on a mass scale in the industrialized nations during the 20th century, thus generating the epidemics of our time. The macrosocial environment--specifically, new (relative) affluence, technological innovations, and commercialization--encourages these behaviors. To advance health, particularly in inner cities of America, a systematic approach to dealing with these major forces on health-related behavior is necessary. Such an approach is briefly outlined.
大量证据表明，包括吸烟、酗酒、缺乏体育锻炼和热量摄入过多在内的几种个人行为对健康有严重的不良影响。这些行为在20世纪的工业化国家大规模出现，从而引发了我们这个时代的流行病。宏观社会环境——具体而言，新的（相对）富裕、技术创新和商业化——助长了这些行为。为了促进健康，尤其是在美国的市中心地区，有必要采取系统的方法来应对这些影响健康相关行为的主要因素。本文简要概述了这样一种方法。
