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Lifestyle interventions are recognized as essential in the prevention and treatment of noncommunicable diseases, the main causes of multimorbidity. A population-based cross-sectional study was carried out in mainland Portugal. 891 Portuguese patients aged ≥20 years, representative of the population, were personally interviewed. For lifestyle, diet and alcohol consumption, physical activity and sedentarism, use of tobacco and illicit drugs, sleeping habits, screen activities and stress, were studied. The bio-sociodemographic data reported were age, sex, marital status, highest level of education, body mass index and health problems in the last 12 months. This study aimed to apply principal components analysis and clustering to identify distinct groups within the population based on lifestyle. It was possible to identify 3 groups: cardiometabolic, healthy and anxious-depressive. It seems very likely that smoking cessation and other behavioral changes only occur after negative health conditions occur.
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