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"Life...supplemented" Asks: What Are Your Healthy Habits?
Recent Surveys Indicate When It Comes to Taking Healthy Steps for your Wellness, You Measure Up
WASHINGTON D.C. - JUNE 13, 2020 - We Average Joe's often look, appropriately so, to our healthcare professionals for advice on how to be "healthy" - how much physical activity we need, what foods to incorporate into our diets, what vitamins we should consider taking. Many of us have even asked our own health care professional, "Doc, what do you do?" in the hopes of incorporating their habits into our own wellness regimens. For those of you wondering what your own doctor is doing to keep well, have no fear! When comparing your healthy habits to those of doctors and nurses, you measure up. Consider these results:
Healthy action "I... |
Physicians* |
Nurses* |
You** |
Try to eat a balanced diet |
82% |
87% |
81% |
Exercise regularly |
73% |
67% |
59% |
Take vitamins and other supplements |
72% |
89% |
68% |
Maintain a healthy weight |
72% |
68% |
59% |
Regularly get a good night's sleep |
62% |
65% |
65% |
Routinely visit personal healthcare professional |
48% |
81% |
70% |
Do not smoke cigarettes |
90% |
86% |
74% |
Methodology: The "Life...supplemented" HCP Impact Study of 1,177 healthcare professionals (300 primary care physicians, 301 OB/GYNs, 299 other physician specialists and 277 registered nurses and nurse practitioners) was conducted online, October 3-11, 2007 by Ipsos-Public Affairs. Margins of sampling error at a 95 percent confidence level range from +5.6 percent to +5.9 percent for each of the four groups of healthcare professionals surveyed. A nominal honorarium was given to each healthcare professional completing the survey.
Methodology: The 2007 Consumer Confidence Surveys were fielded in August by Ipsos-Public Affairs and funded by CRN. The first, consisting of 1,007 completed telephone interviews, was conducted annually for the eighth consecutive year, providing important trending data. The second survey, also fielded in August, was an online survey of 2,153 people and was first fielded in 2005. The random samples consist of U.S. adults aged 18+ and the results were weighted to represent the U.S. adult population.
About the "Life...supplemented" campaign: The study is part of the "Life… supplemented" consumer wellness campaign, which is dedicated to driving awareness about the mainstream use of dietary supplements as an integral part of a proactive personal wellness regimen that combines healthy diet, supplements and exercise. The "Life...supplemented" campaign is managed by the Council for Responsible Nutrition, the leading trade association for the dietary supplement industry. For more information: http://www.lifesupplemented.org/.
*Results from the "Life...supplemented" HCP Impact Study / ** Results from the 2007 Consumer Confidence Survey
