Why, then, not offer affirmative incentives to engage in healthy behavior?

Self-Reevaluation-realizing that the healthy behavior is an important part of who they are and want to be.

Taken individually, each of the four healthy behaviors provides protection.

The problem is that punitive measures to force healthy behavior do not usually work.

Perhaps happy people live longer because they practice healthy behaviors, or for some other unknown reason.

But doesn't the doctor in you want to encourage healthy behavior?

You may also offer to change your own lifestyle to encourage healthy behaviors.

At this stage, participants are intending to start the healthy behavior within the next 6 months.

They take small steps that they believe can help them make the healthy behavior a part of their lives.

The site can also show users what their risk could be should they adopt various healthy behaviors.