Table 1 Definitions of Health People 2020 Goals
From: Association of military life experiences and health indicators among military spouses
Domain | HP2020 Individual Goala | Assessment of Goal for Spouses and Service Members Using Family Study Data |
|---|---|---|
Weight/BMI | Attain a healthy weight for height: body mass index (BMI), 18.5–25 kg/m2 | Self-reported weight and height, calculated to a BMI in healthy range based on self-reported height and weight (yes/no) |
Aerobic exercise | Engage in aerobic physical activity of at least moderate intensity for at least 150 min/week, or of vigorous intensity for 75 min/week, or an equivalent combination (calculated as the sum of moderate intensity minutes and 2 times the vigorous intensity minutes) | Self-reported aerobic exercise minutes in healthy range (yes/no); participants were asked about frequency and duration of both moderate and vigorous aerobic activity in a typical week |
Strength training | Perform muscle strengthening activities on 2 or more days of the week | Self-reported strength training days per week in a typical week in healthy range (yes/no) |
Sleep | Obtain adequate daily sleep – 8 or more hours for those aged 18 to 21 years and 7 or more hours for those aged 22 years and over | Self-reported hours of sleep in an average 24-h period over the past month in healthy range (yes/no) |
Alcohol use | Refrain from risky alcohol consumption, either in the form of heavy drinking or binge drinking, in the past 30 days | Risky drinking, defined as self-reported heavy drinking in the past week or binge drinking in the past year (yes/no) |
Heavy drinking, defined as consuming more than 2 drinks per day on average for men or more than 1 drink per day on average for women in the past 30 days. | Heavy drinking, defined as consuming 14 or more drinks in the past week for men or 7 or more drinks in the past week for women. | |
Binge drinking, defined as consuming 5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other in the past 30 days. | Binge drinking, defined as consuming 5 or more drinks on 1 occasion for men or 4 or more drinks on 1 occasion for women in the past year. | |
Tobacco use | Refrain from smoking cigarettes | Current nonsmoker based on self-report; respondent is classified a current smoker if they have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and also smoked cigarettes in the past year (yes/no) |