This is not a nation of teetotalers or regular exercisers, new government data show.
The National Health Interview Survey, based on telephone interviews with 79,000 adults over three years, has found:
Ӣ61% of people in the USA drink alcohol. These are adults who have had at least 12 drinks in their lifetime and at least one drink in the past year.
”¢31% of people do enough regular leisure-time physical activity to get health benefits ”” that is, moderate exercise for 30 minutes five times a week or vigorous activity for 20 minutes three times a week.
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given the health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption, I wish it was higher than 61%. after all, professional athletes consume alcohol the hand wringing that it is bad public health, I’m not buying it.
•40% do no regular leisure-time physical activity – the problem is too much driving, not enough opportunity to walk, this one area where the Europeans have it right.
•20% smoke – pretty low, question though is whether it is declining.