Health Behaviour | Definition |
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Smoking | |
Heavy smoker | Current smoker, > 20 cigarettes/day |
Light smoker | Current smoker, < 20 cigarettes/day |
Former smoker | Former smoker |
Never smoker | Never smoker |
Alcohol | |
Heavy drinker | > 21 drinks/week (males) or > 14 drinks/week (females); or binge drinks (5+ drinks on a single occasion) at least once a week |
Moderate drinker | 3 to 21 drinks/week (male) or 2 to 14 drinks/week (females) |
Light or non-drinker | < 3 drinks/week (males) or < 2 drinks/week (females) |
Physical Activity | Average daily metabolic equivalent of task derived from the previous three months of self-reported leisure physical activity (maximum 10) |
Diet Scoreb | |
Fruit and vegetable intake | 1 point per daily frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption, excluding fruit juice (maximum 8 points) |
High potato intake | - 2 points if daily potato consumption > 7 (males) or > 5 (females) a week |
High fruit juice intake | - 2 points per daily frequency of fruit juice consumption greater than once a day (maximum −10 points) |