Overweight, physical activity, tobacco and alcohol consumption in a cross-sectional random sample of German adults.

Background: There is a current paucity of data on the health behaviour of non-selected populations in Central Europe. Data on health behaviour were collected as part of the EMIL study which investigated the prevalence of infection with Echinococcus multilocularis and other medical conditions in an urban German population.

Methods: Participating in the present study were 2,187 adults (1,138 females [52.