Health and Lifestyles

By Mildred Blaxter

Book Overview

What is a healthy' lifestyle? Which is more significant: the social circumstances in which people live, or lifestyle habits such as exercise or smoking?
Health and Lifestyles is the first description of a large and representative survey of the British population asking just those questions. It examines the findings, and considers issues such as measured fitness, declared health, psychological status, life circumstances, health-related behaviour, attitudes and beliefs. Providing firm evidence of the importance of social circumstances and patterns of health-related behaviour, Health and Lifestyles is an important contribution to current debate, revealing the levels of inequality in health in Britain today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415001471
• ISBN13: 9780415001472
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"