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The term lifestyle modification can be used to refer to behavioral interventions that attempt to create change in multiple lifestyle health behaviors.
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Lifestyle Versus Nonlifestyle Health Behaviors
Health behaviors are actions taken by a person to maintain, attain, or regain good health and to prevent illness. Lifestyle health behaviors are different from other health behaviors in that they are engaged in on a daily basis (e.g., smoking, dietary behaviors, physical activity). Medical care behaviors (e.g., attendance of medical visits or cancer screenings) are not engaged in on a daily basis and thus can be considered nonlifestyle health behaviors. For more information and examples of commonly studied lifestyle behaviors, see “lifestyle.”
Although the term lifestyle can be used to refer to single behaviors in which people engage on a daily basis, this entry will focus on...
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Carlson, J. (2013). Lifestyle, Modification. In: Gellman, M.D., Turner, J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1005-9_1147
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