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By The Survivors Club Staff
August 25, 2009
Americans with the most healthful behavior live in Vermont, according to a new study from Gallup, the leading polling company. Kentucky ranked as the worst state in practicing healthful habits that include eating right, exercising and not smoking.
The midyear results from Gallup find the nation as a whole dropping substantially on the so-called Healthy Behavior Index, from 63.7 in 2008 to 62.6 in the first half of 2009.
Gallup says that clear healthful behavior patterns emerge on a map of the US with Western,
Mountain, and Northeastern states -- as well as Florida -- performing
the best while states in the South and Midwest performing the worst.
How healthy is your state?
Top Ten States for Healthy Behavior
Vermont
Hawaii
Montana
California
New Mexico
New Hampshire
Maine
Delaware
Idaho
Wyoming
Oregon
Bottom 10 States for Healthy Behavior
Kentucky
Arkansas
West Virginia
Indiana
Ohio
Alabama
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Illinois
Louisiana
