Clustering of unhealthy behaviours over time: implications for policy and practice: This report reviews the current evidence on the distribution of multiple lifestyle risks in the adult population, and how this is changing over time. It finds that the overall proportion of the Englishpopulation that engages in three or four unhealthy behaviours has
declined significantly, from around 33 per cent of the population in2003, to 25 per cent in 2008, but these reductions have mainly been seen among those in higher socio-economic and educational groups. It concludes that more effective ways must be found to help people in lower socio-economic groups and those with the least education to improve their health behaviours, including a more holistic approach to policy and practice and the closer linking of behaviour change to inequalities policy.
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