A dramatic illustration of the importance of good health habits in maintaining good health is provided by a classic study of people leaving in Alameda County, California, conducted by Belloc and Breslow (1972). These scientists began by defining seven important good health habits:
- Sleeping 7-8 hours night
- Not smoking
- Eating breakfast each day
- Having no more than once or two alcoholic drinks each day
- Getting regular exercise
- Not eating between meals
- being no more than 10% overweight
~ Shelly E. Taylor~
*Taylor, S. E. 2003. Health psychology, fifth edition, Boston: McGraw Hill
