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Table 1 Components of the unhealthy lifestyle index

From: People with multiple unhealthy lifestyles are less likely to consult primary healthcare

Index Component

Lifestyle activity measured

Smoking

Smoking within the past year

Alcohol

Consuming two or more alcoholic drinks a day

Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)

Not participating in at least 30 minutes of MVPA on 5 or more days a week

Fruit

Consuming less than two fruit serves per day

Vegetables

Consuming less than five vegetables portions per day

Meat

Consuming more than 5 or less than 3 weekly portions of red meat, or consuming more than one weekly portion of processed meat.

Milk

Consuming milk which is not reduced fat or skim, or not consuming any milk

Fish

Consuming less than three weekly portions of fish

  1. An individual-level binary variable was created for each of the rows in this table. The variable took the value of 1 if the activity described in the right column was observed.