Today’s Repowering Information – Congratulations for being in the top 8% of the population that takes care of themselves by exercising regularly, limiting alcohol intake, eating fruits and veggies, and avoiding smoking. It does not sound like much and it seems to be common sense but more than 90% of the population is not exercising, consuming too much alcohol, avoiding fruits and veggies and or smoking. Those are some pretty sad statics. I am thankful you are in the minority, the healthy ones, the thrivers!
Let what you live each day be contagious. Continue to be a good role model for your children, spouses, family, neighbors and strangers. The reward is worth it!
American's Health Habits: Worse Than Ever
David Schipper June 18, 2009 from Core Performance
It appears that we’re failing in our attempt to turn this country fit, according to sad new statistics out of the Medical University of South Carolina, which show that even fewer of us are adhering to a healthy lifestyle when compared to life habits from two decades ago.
The number of people exercising 12 times a month or more, not smoking, eating five or more fruits and vegetables daily, imbibing alcohol moderately and maintaining a healthy weight has decreased from 15 percent to 8 percent between the periods of 1988-1994 and 2001-2006. The results come from a comparison of two large-scale government studies of the U.S. population.
More details:
* In the intervening years, the percentage of adults aged 40-74 years with a body mass index greater than 30 has increased from 28 percent to 36 percent.
* Physical activity 12 times a month or more has decreased from 53 percent to 43 percent.
* Eating five or more fruits and vegetables a day has decreased from 42 percent to 26 percent. Smoking rates have increased slightly (26.9 percent to 26.1 percent).
* Moderate alcohol use has increased from 40 percent to 51 percent.
What’s worse, the researchers also concluded that people with heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or risk factors for those conditions, were no more likely to stick to a healthy lifestyle than healthy Americans.
The take-home: If you're in the 8 percent of Americans maintaining healthy habits, keep up the great work. And if you see your family members and friends losing their fight with fat, give them support. We all need it.
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