Lifestyle and mental health.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the relationship between healthy lifestyles and self-rated mental health.


METHODS
A cross-section telephone survey involving multiple callbacks. Using a Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, information about lifestyle, demographic characteristics, and self-rated mental health was collected.


METHODS
Amarillo, Texas, a city of approximately 170,000 in the Panhandle of Texas.


METHODS
Six hundred and twenty-one adults.


RESULTS
Good mental health was independently associated with physical activity, being male, and being married. Poor mental health was associated with obesity, daily smoking, being Hispanic, and being non-Hispanic White.


CONCLUSIONS
Programs targeting risk factors for poor physical health also may improve mental health in the community.
Rohrer
James E
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Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA. windupwindows@aol.com
Pierce
J Rush
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Blackburn
Claudia
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity; D012649:Self Concept; D012907:Smoking; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas