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Abstract

There are 524,000 excess deaths annually due to nine chronic diseases for which risk factors such as smoking could be modified.1 Five risk factors account for 90% of the potential benefit (in descending order): smoking, obesity, lack of regular exercise, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension (Fig. 8.1). If the benefits from risk reduction from smoking, cholesterol, obesity, sedentary life style, and heavy alcohol consumption are calculated, life expectancy at birth in the United States would increase by 3.85 years.1 Thus healthy life styles can result in significant gains in longevity.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, 97201, USA

    Robert B. Taylor M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Department of Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA

    Alan K. David M.D. (The Fred Lazarus, Jr., Professor and Director) (The Fred Lazarus, Jr., Professor and Director)

  3. Department of Family Medicine, St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, 63141, USA

    Thomas A. Johnson Jr. M.D. (Chairman) (Chairman)

  4. Department of Family Medicine, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS, 39216, USA

    D. Melessa Phillips M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  5. Department of Family Medicine, University of California—Irvine College of Medicine, Orange, CA, 92697, USA

    Joseph E. Scherger M.D., M.P.H. (Associate Dean for Primary Care and Chair) (Associate Dean for Primary Care and Chair)

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Zimmerman, R.K. (1998). Health Promotion. In: Taylor, R.B., David, A.K., Johnson, T.A., Phillips, D.M., Scherger, J.E. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2947-4_8

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