Aha moments (or things to think about)

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• Wellness is a fairly new concept.  A century ago, Americans considered themselves lucky just to survive to adulthood.

 

• 71% of American men are overweight

• 1 in 3 American men and 1 in 5 American women have no regular health care provider.

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 CDC reports that only about 31% of Americans participate in some leisure-time physical activity and that leisure-type physical activity decreased by nearly 6% between 2003 and 2009

• Only 32% of Americans are at a healthy weight

• 31% of American adults do flexibility exercizes

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• 42% of Americans never eat any whole grains

• 34 million Americans are at risk of develiping osteoporosis due to low bone mass

•  Added sugar in food increased 19% from 1970 to 2005 adding about 76 calories per day th the average American's diet.

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• in 1960 13% of adult Americans wer obese. In 2008 nearly 34% were obese.

• About  10% of infants and toddlers have BMIs abouve the normal range, as do 18% of teenagers.

• About 30% of people with anorexia receive treatment: only 6% of bullimics receive treatment.
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•  85% of college students report feeling overwhelmed by the ir workload at least once in the last year.

• 6.2%  of American males and 8.3% of females age 18-21 suffer serious phsychological distress

• 56 million prescriptions for sleeping pills were filled in the U.S. in 2008, at a cost of $4.5 billion.

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• 75% of all people who intend ot commit suicide warm a family member or friend of their intention

 

•  96% of college students identified their parents as role models.

 

• 7.7 million adult Americans suffer from PTSD

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•  48 states and the District of Columbia allow some form of legalized gambling

• 48% of confirmed new HCV infections occurred among ginjection drug users

• 20 million Americans used benjodiazepines for non medical purposes in 2008

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• 79,000 American deaths are related to excessive alcohol use each year.

 

• 12.2% of pregnant women drink alcohol and almost 2% are binge drinkers.

 

• More than 17 million Americans are heavy drinkers

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• About 12,000 sexual harassment charges are filed with the EEDC each year.

 

• Motor vehicle injuries cost Americans $256 billion in 2008

 

• About 46% of all injuries that require medical attention occur in the home.