How People Around The World Define “Healthy”
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“Healthy” is a word that probably means something different to people around the world.
A new international poll asked 8-thousand people from Australia, Brazil, Germany, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S. what “healthy” means to them and which country they consider healthiest.
The survey results show:
- Out of all 195 countries in the world, Japan gets the most votes for the healthiest country with 15%, followed by Switzerland (12%), Sweden (12%), Norway (10%) and New Zealand (9%).
- More than three-quarters (78%) of all respondents say they currently feel healthy.
- Out of the eight countries included in the poll, respondents from Spain (91%), Brazil (86%) and the U.S. (86%) rank highest for currently feeling healthy. Respondents from Germany reported the most unhealthy, with 33% rating themselves as being “very unhealthy.”
- As for how they define “healthy,” most respondents say it’s being physically fit (31%), exercising regularly (31%), being emotionally happy (30%) and getting enough sleep on a regular basis (30%).
- Those surveyed from the U.S. show an awareness of the connection between body and mind when it comes to health, as their definition of “health” is both exercising regularly (32%) and being emotionally happy (24%).
- Respondents from South Korea say health is all about being stress-free (48%), those from New Zealand say it’s critical to get proper sleep (34%) and Australian participants define it as eating plenty of fruits and veggies (36%).
- Since the pandemic began, 53% of those polled say they’ve started taking their health more seriously.
- Nearly half (44%) of U.S. respondents have picked up good habits since the start of the pandemic and 66% say they’ve developed at least five new habits that are now part of their daily routine.
- People also shared what they’d be willing to give up instead of making the healthy changes necessary to lose weight, including their favorite streaming apps for a year (20%), two weeks of vacation (20%), sex for a year (20%) and social media for a year (18%).
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