Story Highlights Obesity and diabetes have both reached record highs Healthy eating habits have worsened substantially since 2019; exercise unchanged Other key aspects of physical health have worsened since before pandemic WASHINGTON, D.C. Key physical health metrics have notably worsened since before the COVID-19 pandemic, including obesity, diabetes and eating habits. The percentage of U.S. adults whom Gallup classifies as obese has reached an estimated 38.4%, up 6.0 percentage points since
Story Highlights 40% are afraid to walk alone at night near home, highest in three decades Worry about being victimized by specific crimes remains near record highs Fear of crime deters most Americans from doing some routine activities WASHINGTON, D.C. Forty percent of Americans, the most in three decades, say they would be afraid to walk alone at night within a mile of their home. This indicator of crime fears last reached this level in 1993, when, during one of the worst crime waves in U.S.
Story Highlights Liberia displaces Afghanistan as least secure country Tajikistan most secure; nearly everyone feels safe Canadians lose confidence in their police, feel less safe WASHINGTON, D.C. Even if the world is starting to place a little more faith in law enforcement, it didn’t feel any safer last year, according to Gallup's latest update on its annual Law and Order Index. Outside of a slight increase in people’s confidence in their local police, progress on all other measures of
Story Highlights High social media use predicts higher rate of poor mental health Strong parenting relationship predicts lower mental health risks for teens Effect of strong relationship holds even among heavy social media users WASHINGTON, D.C. Teenagers who spend more time on social media experience worse mental health on a variety of measures, according to data from a new Gallup survey. Yet, the strength of the relationship between an adolescent and their parent is much more closely