Health Habits
Explore Gallup's research.
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Most Americans say care for mental health issues is not on par with care for physical issues. Cost and access are seen as the top barriers to treatment.
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Learn how global cooking habits and eating home-cooked meals influence individuals and communities worldwide.
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New research shows people who say the food they eat is healthy, enjoyable and part of a diverse diet are more likely to be thriving than people who do not.
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Learn about the influence of eating attitudes and behaviors on subjective wellbeing.
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Adults aged 18 to 34 are less likely to say they drink alcohol than were young adults in prior decades, while drinking is up among those 55 and older.
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More than six in 10 Americans report that they drink alcohol, and 19% of drinkers admit to overindulging sometimes. Beer remains more popular than liquor or wine in the U.S., but liquor's appeal has grown.
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Results from the Year 2 Hologic Global Women's Health Index suggest that many women saw the prenatal care where they live beginning to slip in 2021.
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U.S. adults who report that they typically are too hot or too cold when sleeping have worse overall sleep quality and wellbeing outcomes than those who rarely or never are.
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Satisfaction with healthcare and public transport in the U.K. is the lowest it's been in over a decade. Labor strikes may further cut satisfaction in 2023.
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Results from the first round of the Global Diet Quality Project survey offer a lens into the ways diets around the world are unhealthy and where they are unhealthy.
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Download the data to learn how people perceive noncommunicable diseases in five countries around the world.
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E-cigarettes are an increasingly popular alternative to tobacco products, especially among young adults -- but how many Americans vape regularly?
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Broad majorities of Americans believe the use of alcohol adversely affects society and drinkers themselves. Two-thirds of U.S. adults continue to imbibe.
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Workers who suffer poor sleep quality report higher levels of unplanned absenteeism, costing U.S. employers an estimated $44 billion annually.
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Younger Americans and women struggle the most with sleep and are more likely to report sleep having a major impact on many facets of their life.
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After stepping up their social distancing in January, fewer Americans took these precautions in February as worry about the pandemic lessened.
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Americans' outlook for the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. is getting better, as the summer surge brought on by the delta variant has waned in most parts of the country.
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Russia hit a record COVID-19 death toll on Wednesday. Before the surge, 75% of unvaccinated Russians said they would not take the vaccine.
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As coronavirus deaths hit record highs in Ukraine, officials are battling strong vaccine hesitancy. Sixty-three percent of unvaccinated Ukrainians say they do not plan to get the vaccine.
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Women in Eastern Europe score the worst in Europe on most dimensions of their health, according to the Hologic Global Women's Health Index.