title: Time perspective and smoking, obesity, and exercise in a community sample.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine associations between time perspective and smoking, body mass index, and exercise.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this community-based survey, adults reported smoking and exercise habits and weight and height and completed the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjects (N=265) who were more future oriented reported more frequent exercise, but were more likely to smoke. Fatalistic and hedonistic present orientations were not associated with smoking, obesity, or exercise.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Time perspective is not consistently associated with common  health behaviors in adults.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Lori C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Guthrie
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lessl
authors.forename: Onyinyechukwu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ochi
authors.forename: Michael M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D013995:Time; D013997:Time Factors; D014903:West Virginia; D055815:Young Adult