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World J Cardiol. May 26, 2017; 9(5): 396-406
Published online May 26, 2017. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v9.i5.396
Sleep, health behaviors, and behavioral interventions: Reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease in adults
Jill L Kaar, Christina M Luberto, Kirsti A Campbell, Jeff C Huffman
Jill L Kaar, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, United States
Christina M Luberto, Kirsti A Campbell, Jeff C Huffman, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
Christina M Luberto, Kirsti A Campbell, Jeff C Huffman, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States
Author contributions: All authors contributed to this manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors do not have any conflict of interest to disclose.
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Correspondence to: Jeff C Huffman, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Blake 11, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, United States. jhuffman@partners.org
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Received: January 7, 2017
Peer-review started: January 10, 2017
First decision: February 17, 2017
Revised: March 4, 2017
Accepted: April 6, 2017
Article in press: April 10, 2017
Published online: May 26, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: This manuscript discusses the link between modifiable health behaviors; including sleep, diet, activity, and their relationship to adult risk for cardiovascular disease. Despite knowing that these behaviors are often interrelated, interventions to date have primarily focused on changing one health behavior vs intervening on multiple behaviors simultaneously. Population health level care management approaches are outlined to aide providers in counseling their patients.