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With New Year Starting Soon Time to Learn & Embrace Healthy Habits
You May Be Surprised When & Why Most Start Living a Healthier Lifestyle
It’s that time of year – when people begin reevaluating their habits, especially when it comes to eating, exercise and living an overall healthier lifestyle.
While many people believe a healthier lifestyle will improve their lifespan (how many years a person lives), the more important aspect is how it will improve their healthspan (the number of healthy disease-free years of life).
A new survey finds:
A whopping 57% of respondents* say they started healthy habits because of medical reasons.
36% say they were advised to adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors by a physician.
32% say that they started healthy habits in order to mitigate health issues.
Only 36% say they learned healthy habits at a young age from parents or loved ones.
Meanwhile one in four (26%) parents** admit they feel negative emotions when thinking about their children’s nutritional intake and diet, with 18% feeling “frustrated” and one in ten (10%) feeling helpless.
In other survey findings, 62% respondents*** have suffered from gut problems, with one in three (34%) saying they were suffering from gut problems currently.
The survey also found that although the vast majority responding use vitamins or supplements daily, and almost half (47%) mistakenly believe the FDA approves vitamins and supplements. One in four (24%) say vitamins/supplements are “critical” to maintaining their health.
These findings are part of Amway’s first annual “Habits and Healthspan” survey. The idea behind the survey is to help share information to motivate people to live healthier lifestyles. Although more than $4.3 trillion is spent on healthcare currently in the U.S., the gap between life expectancy and healthspan is still growing. Today, the average American will spend the last 13 years of his or her life in poor health.
Holiday Durham, PhD, MS, and registered dietician will discuss the survey results and explain how we can adapt a healthy lifestyle to live a longer disease-free life. Holiday is also a clinical investigator at Amway leading the strategy and product innovation of the global women’s and children’s health and nutrition portfolios.
Interview is courtesy: Amway
