Lifestyle changes after a health dialogue: Results from the Live for Life health promotion programme

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 248-252

  Lingfors, Hans ^a,d   Lindström, Kjell ^a   Persson, Lars Göran ^a   Bengtsson, Calle ^b   Lissner, Lauren ^b,c  

^a Health Centre of Habo   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^d Primary Health Care Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Intervention; Lifestyle; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0344233216     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430310003282     Document Type: Article

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