Public Health Survey

This evening I received a call from the Boston Department of Public Health, conducting a survey about my level of healthiness.  Well, to be honest, this is the second call, but the last one was post-call mid afternoon on a weekend, so I got off the phone quickly.  Understanding my civic duty as a health care and public health professional (and I knew they would keep calling), I undertook the litany of questioning. 

There were approximately 50 questions in topics moving in an orderly progression from demographics to general health to diet (vegetables, fruits and soda), exercise, mood/depression & social support, workplace smoking, walking & biking, neighborhood safety and availability of healthy food, smoking and program awareness.  Notably absent were alcohol related questions.  There were probably more questions if I had answered yes, but that is only conjecture.  (No, I have never smoked a cigar, cigarillo or mini cigar that looks like a cigarette, not even a few puffs.  No, I have n…