[Tobacco smoking and other negative lifestyle behaviors among economically active individuals].
BACKGROUND
Tobacco smoking, lack of recreational physical activity, unbalanced diet, overweight and obesity are the major modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases. The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of smoking and the other lifestyle behaviors among economically active adults.


METHODS
The study population consisted of 442 randomly selected economically active adults from the Lódź and Lublin districts, Poland. The prevalence and different possible combination of four major risk factors for chronic diseases was determined.


RESULTS
About 40% of men and 28% of women smoke at least one cigarette per day. Only 3.5% of men and 1.9% of women meet the recommended guidelines for four common health life style factors. Only about 2% of smokers obey the rules relating to other healthy behaviors. In women smoking cigarettes, the risk for not being physically active is twice as high as that in nonsmokers.


CONCLUSIONS
The prophylactic programs for healthy lifestyle behaviors should be addressed to all economically active individuals, taking into account their level of education, the type of work performed and income.
Kaleta
Dorota
D
Uniwersytet Medyczny, Lódź, Zakład Medycyny Zapobiegawczej, Katedra Medycyny Społecznej i Zapobiegawczej. dkaleta@op.pl
Makowiec-Dabrowska
Teresa
T
Polańska
Kinga
K
Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk
Elzbieta
E
Drygas
Wojciech
W
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology