Gallup Healthways Well Being Index

How Divorce Impacts Well-Being

Posted 04.21.2012

Does divorce negatively impact your well-being? New data measured by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index released Friday shows that divorced an...

Ann Brenoff

Troubling Statistics On Obesity In Midlife

HuffingtonPost.com | Ann Brenoff | Posted 02.28.2012

The obesity rate in America may have plateaued and may even be declining in some areas, but many in middle age are still carrying around their spare t...

Got Happiness? Where Marketing Meets the Science of Well-Being

Joseph F. Coughlin | Posted 04.11.2012

Joseph F. Coughlin

Have you noticed the number of companies that are no longer promising the best quality, experience or even the best price for a product or service as the reason to give them a try? Instead they appear to be offering something we used to think money couldn't buy -- happiness.

Discovered: The Good Life

Posted 12.31.2011

Back in July, Diane Sawyer introduced us to Debbie Watkins, "the most stressed-out person in America". Watkins fit the criteria of the Gallup-Healthwa...

A Look At America's Well-Being, State By State

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.24.2011

A new Gallup poll is out, measuring the well-being of the residents of America's 50 states. Here's how the well-being ranking is determined. The sc...

Top Ten Least Stressed States

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 07.25.2011

In the last three years, when so much has changed, American stress levels have remained surprisingly the same. Gallup recently released the survey...

The 2010 Well-Being Index: Which Colorado City Do You Think Won?

Posted 05.28.2011

Colorado is the fifth healthiest state in the nation, according to the 2010 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index Survey. That's in the top five in count...

Survey: Colorado Is The 5th Happiest State

Posted 05.25.2011

Colorado is the 5th happiest state in the country, according to the latest report from Gallup-Healthways. Gallup-Healthways called 1,000 Americans ev...

Happiest Cities In America: 2010 Well-Being Index Released (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

The happiest cities in America have been released and the Western United States ended up dominating the Top 10. Several California cities did well ...