Health Behavior That is Encouraging to Perform and How it was Disseminated

Health Behavior Discussion
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Recently, a person has been encouraged to change health behaviors positively. In particular, the most significant thing to do to avoid obesity is engaging in regular physical activities. Based on the self-perception theory, individuals know about their emotions, attitudes, and other internal states through inference of their behaviors (Gass & Seiter, 2014). In my case, I have realized that I like eating sugary things and fast food since they are delicious and, in some instances, I do not have enough time to prepare nutritious meals due to my busy schedule. Besides, changing one’s health behavior can foster a healthy lifestyle.
The settings or contexts through which the message was disseminated included interpersonal, mass, or group channels. Specifically, the interpersonal channel was involved when my friends and colleagues started discussing the importance of performing regular physical activities. The best thing about interpersonal communication is that individuals share their experiences and feedback is obtained immediately (Sundar, Oh, Kang, & Sreenivasan, 2012). Since these are people that I trust, I believe that physical exercises promote healthy living. At some point, during a work group meeting, members discussed how individuals can foster healthy lifestyles. For su...