Abstract
Individual behaviour patterns affect health, mortality and the cost of health ser-vice delivery. For example, rising levels of obesity are associated with increasing prevalence of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and cancers. In the UK, popu-lation prevalence of being overweight and obese is predicted to cost an additional £50 billion in health care costs by 2050 (Foresight, 2007). In this chapter we out-line an evidence-based appraoch to designing interventions to change individual health-related behaviour patterns that can potentially improve public health.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Complex Interventions in Health |
| Subtitle of host publication | An Overview of Research Methods |
| Editors | David A. Richards, Ingalill Rahm Hallberg |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 11 |
| Pages | 103-110 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780203794982 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780415703147 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 501002 Applied psychology
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