Americans’ Healthy Behaviors Drop to 62.6% as Those Exercising and Eating Fruits and Vegetables Decreases
MyHealthGuide Source: Gallup and Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) – November 2011 Well-Being Index, 12/12/2011, www.well-beingindex.com/files/201111_WBI_Release_November.pdf
WASHINGTON DC and NASHVILLE, TN — Gallup and Healthways, Inc. released findings from the monthly Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index® (WBI) for November 2011.The WBI reflects Americans’ change in healthy behaviors as the holidays approach, as demonstrated by a low Healthy Behavior score of 62.6, the lowest Healthy Behavior Index November score since 2008′s 61.4. The percentage of respondents who exercised 30 minutes at least three days in the last week dropped to 49.8%, off 2.4% from October.
Survey findings
- 54.7% of Americans ate at least five servings of fruits and veggies at least four days in the last week (while 90.7% reported it was “easy to get fresh fruits and vegetables.”
- 51.6% reported they are thriving, represents a four-month high, while 3.9% reported they are suffering, statistically matching the last three months.
- 59.1% were without stress “a lot of the day yesterday,” the lowest for November over the past four years.
- 56.1% reported that their “supervisor treats you like a partner”.
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