title: Presidential promotion of health-related behaviors through words and example.
abstract: This article addresses a topic that is part of the public consciousness yet is seldom explored in the public health literature: presidential promotion of health-related behaviors through words and example. The article explores the history of what some American presidents, as individuals, have conveyed to the population about health through their own actions (presidential modeling of health behavior) and words. The nature of such messages and how they are received has changed with advances in technology and will likely continue to evolve.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mail Stop E-44, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Marc A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Safran
mesh_terms: D006078:Government Programs / Q000266:history*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States