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The Well-Being News Room provides the latest news on Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index data, press releases, graphics, multi-media presentations and timely reports from the nation's leading well-being researchers.

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Press Releases

• 08/11/10 Gallup and Healthways Release July U.S. Well-Being Report (35KB)
• 07/09/10 Gallup and Healthways Release June U.S. Well-Being Report (35KB)
• 06/09/10 Gallup and Healthways Release May U.S. Well-Being Report (64KB)
• 06/08/10 Well-Being Challenges Faced by Caregivers (31KB)
• Related Study: Estimating the Impact of Caregiving and Employment on Well-Being (235KB)
• Related Study: Facets of Well-Being Across the Age Spectrum in the American Population (236KB)
• 05/12/10 Gallup and Healthways Release April U.S. Well-Being Report (64KB)
• 04/08/10 Gallup and Healthways Release March U.S. Well-Being Report (35KB)
• 03/11/10 Gallup and Healthways Release February U.S. Well-Being Report (35KB)
• 02/15/10 Gallup and Healthways Release 2009 City and State Well-Being Reports (82KB)
• Click here for the City, State and Congressional District Ranking Press Kit (688KB)
• 02/11/10 Gallup and Healthways Release January U.S. Well-Being Report (35KB)
• 01/14/10 Gallup and Healthways Release December U.S. Well-Being Report (39KB)
• 12/10/09 Gallup and Healthways Release November U.S. Well-Being Report (36KB)
• 11/12/09 Gallup and Healthways Release October U.S. Well-Being Report (35KB)
• 10/08/09 Gallup and Healthways Release September U.S. Well-Being Report (35KB)
• 09/10/09 Gallup and Healthways Release August U.S. Well-Being Report (36KB)
• 08/13/09 Gallup and Healthways Release July U.S. Well-Being Report (35KB)
• 07/09/09 Gallup and Healthways Release June U.S. Well-Being Report (35KB)
• 06/11/09 Gallup and Healthways Release May U.S. Well-Being Report (30KB)
• 05/14/09 Gallup and Healthways Release April U.S. Well-Being Report (31KB)
• 05/01/09 Stats to Watch: Flu Affects 1 to 4 Percent of Americans on Any Given Day (31KB)
• 03/10/09 AHIP, Healthways, Gallup Release Definitive Rankings of U.S. Well-Being (78KB)
• 02/17/09 In U.S., Health Habits Improving, but Uphill Climb Remains (118KB)
• 02/12/09 This Valentine's Day, Reach out to Your Loved Ones, Not Just Your Love (270KB)
• 01/15/09 American Well-Being, Quality of Life Plummet in the Midst of U.S. Financial Crisis (80KB)
• 11/25/08 More Americans Struggling, States Ranked on Key Indicators of Well-Being (103KB)
• 10/30/08 Social Support System Key to Overall Well-Being (43KB)
• 09/25/08 Wellmark First in Nation to Measure Well-Being of Health Plan Members, Employers (45KB)
• 08/28/08 Well-Being of Workforce Influenced by Employers, Job Duties (55KB)
• 08/21/08 Well-Being of Americans Declines as Economy Worsens (42KB)
• 06/24/08 Nearly Six in Ten Minnesotans Report Negative Well-Being (43KB)

Other News & Articles

• 06/28/10 FoxNews.com: Getting Fat? Blame the Kids
• 05/18/10 USAToday.com: Daily stress and worry plummet after age 50
• 05/17/10 WSJ.com: Feeling Blue? Your Employer May Be the Problem
• 05/10/10 Wellness Council of America's News & Views
• 02/15/10 USATODAY: Western Cities Fare Best In Well-Being Index
• 01/26/10 The New York Times: Families Struggle to Afford Food, Survey Finds
• 12/08/09 The New York Times: Rich or Poor, Nonsmokers Are Happier
• 11/10/09 MSNBC: Happiest U.S. states are wealthy and tolerant
• 11/10/09 Time: The Happiness Paradox
• 11/06/09 WebMD: Even a Little Exercise Fights Obesity
• 11/01/09 Wall Street Journal: Tighter Belts Mean Thicker Waists
• 11/01/09 MarketWatch: Holding down food costs is making us fat
• 11/09/09 The Tennessean: Many Tennesseans face health roadblocks, Key to health is community
• 11/08/09 The Tennessean: We must embrace a new approach
• 11/03/09 The Tennessean: Nashville leaders want to promote healthy living in low-ranking TN
• 09/16/09 Wall Street Journal: Plumbing for Joy? Be Your Own Boss
• 05/30/09 examiner.com: Mental Well-Being and the Economy
• 03/23/09 Employee Benefit Advisor: Valuing wellness data as an asset on the balance sheet
• 03/14/09 USATODAY: Sour U.S. Economy has Put 40% of Americans on Edge
• 03/12/09 USATODAY: Mental Stress Spirals with Economy
• 03/11/09 USATODAY: 21% of Americans Scramble to Pay Medical, Drug Bills
• 03/10/09 USATODAY: 24 Million Go from Thriving to Struggling
• 03/10/09 USATODAY: Survey Looks at the Big Picture on Health
• 03/10/09 The New York Times: The Happiest States of America
• 03/10/09 Politico: Which districts are happiest?
• 12/17/08 Gallup report: Jobless, Bailout News Trigger Unhappiest Day So Far in 2008 (72KB)
• 09/01/08 Well-Being white paper: Measuring Well-Being in the United States (860KB)
• 06/17/08 Minneapolis Star-Tribune: It's true: Your boss can make you sick (22KB)

Audio / Podcast

• Dr. Oz - The Nation's Well-Being (Audio, Oprah & Friends Radio - Dr. Mehmet Oz talks with Gallup's Jim Harter and Katie Bell)
• Marketwatch.com reports data from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being index that ties overall Well-Being to the economy.

Video

• Improving Well-Being through Behavior Change - Dr. Michael Roizen/Cleveland Clinic
• Health Behavior Change Case Study - Dr. Michael Roizen
• Cleveland Clinic Health & Wellness Case Study - Dr. Michael Roizen
• Improving Business Performance through the Well-Being Index - Jim Clifton & Jim Harter, PhD/Gallup
• Building a Culture of Health & Pound for Pound Challenge - John Haugen/General Mills
• Motivation to Change Her Health Behavior - Ali Vincent/Winner of NBC's Biggest Loser
• Broadening Employer Focus from Health to Well-Being - Dr. Michael Taylor/Caterpillar
• Payoff of Creating a Culture of Health - Andrew Gold/Pitney Bowes
• Link Between Well-Being & Business Performance - Peter Roberts/Wellmark
• Well-Being from an Employers Perspective - Roy Spence/GSD&M Idea City
• 2008 Gallup Healthways Well-Being Forum Highlights
• Gallup interview - The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index documents the relationship between income and health, profiling a lower-income family struggling with health problems without having access to quality medical care
• Gallup Interview - The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index reveals a complex relationship between income and parent's perceptions of their children's eating and exercise habits, and Gallup examines the challenges parents face getting their children to be healthy

Media Contacts

For specific inquiries on Well-Being Index data and research, or well-being in America, please contact:

Melissa Gibbs, Healthways, Inc.
Melissa.Gibbs@healthways.com
(615) 614-4466

Eric Nielsen, Gallup, Inc.
Eric_Nielsen@gallup.com
(202) 715-3144

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