“Prospective research looks forward in time to see how a group of individual change over time while retrospective research looks backward in time and attempts to reconstruct the conditions that led to the current situation.”

“knowing the determinants of health habits is important because once bad habits are ingrained, they are very difficult to change.”

“Values heavily influence the practice of health habits. For example, exercise for women may be considered desirable in one culture but undesirable in another.(Donovan, Jessor, Costa, 1991) As a result, patterns among women will differe greatly between two cultures.”

“MacKenzie started to look frightened and Valor looked like he was going to kill somebody if they didn't stop scaring his girlfriend. At the same time, Victor looked like he was ready to step in and take control of the situation. And if these suits decided to pull out some guns, I could see where they might end up as a set of life-sized garden gnomes.”

“how many people never see how beautiful the sky is at night because they simply don’t take the time to look up?”

“if the audience is receptive to changing a habit, the communication should include only favorable points, but if the audience is not inclined to accept the message, the communication should discuss both sides of the issue (pointing out its risk while acknowledging and rebutting its pleasurable effects).”

“I look forward to seeing more of this author's writings. Linda Strong”