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Health Lifestyles Give Way to Obesity and Smoking

May 27, 2009: 09:52 AM EST
Health and exercise trends among middle-aged and older Americans are heading in the wrong direction, according to a recent study. The researchers looked at five “lifestyle factors”, and found that the number of people adhering to all five dropped from 15 percent to 8 percent between 1988 and 2006. Consumption of fruit and vegetables, and levels of exercise, dropped, while obesity rates went up and the smoking rate remained the same. More people were drinking “moderately” in 2006 than in 1988, however. Lead researcher Dr. Dana E. King, of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, said that reliance on medication, hectic lifestyles and the difficulty of making lifestyle changes may be behind the trend. He also said that “it’s never too late” to change for the better.
Amy Norton, "Fewer Americans following a healthy lifestyle", Reuters, May 27, 2009, © Elsevier Inc.
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