title: Do health behaviours cluster in a working population in New Zealand?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examines whether adhering to healthy weight, physical activity and fruit and vegetable recommendations lead to a cluster in a working population.
  
  
  METHODS
  An online Health Risk Assessment (HRA) was administered to 1,296 (36%) employees in nine organisations across New Zealand. Clustering was defined as the co-prevalence of behaviours above that which was expected by the laws of probability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Less than half the participants met physical activity guidelines (44.5%) or maintained a healthy weight (46.7%), and 29.4% consumed five or more servings of fruit and vegetables per day. Just 3.8% of participants met all three recommendations, compared to an expected prevalence of 7.6%. There was no clustering of health behaviours, with no difference between expected and observed prevalence (with an observed/expected (O/E) ratio between 0.68-0.93).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Few people adhere to two or more simple public health messages recommended to reduce risk of chronic disease.
authors.affiliation: Human Potential Centre, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. mikki.williden@aut.ac.nz
authors.forename: Micalla
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Williden
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schofield
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001835:Body Weight; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004032:Diet; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D055815:Young Adult