Healthy Lifestyle Resources
“Health is not only the absence of infirmity and disease but also a state of physical, mental and social well-being.” WHO
International evidence demonstrates that social, economic, cultural and environmental factors impact on the risk factors that lead to chronic illness, the incidence of chronic conditions in the community, and the way in which risk factors and chronic conditions are managed and services are utilised. Globally, people from socially disadvantaged groups experience higher levels of chronic disease and mortality than those from more advantaged groups. In Tasmania, lower levels of individual income and education, coupled with risk factors such as higher rates of smoking, physical inactivity, obesity, risky alcohol consumption, depression and an ageing population impact upon the level of chronic disease experienced by the population.
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