Food
October 3, 2008The 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.
Confidence in grocery stores, restaurants steady compared to one year ago
July 21, 2008Despite the widespread salmonella outbreak in the United States, most Americans remain as confident as they were a year ago in the safety of the food available in grocery stores (82%) and served at restaurants (71%).
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Rural respondents twice as likely to voice their concern
July 16, 2008As a third round of Argentine farm strikes ends, Gallup reveals that in 2007, rural respondents were twice as likely to have voiced their opinions to public officials as urbanites.
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July 15, 2008A majority of Americans (87%) say that between now and the end of the year gas prices will increase.
June 3, 2008Data-driven insights into Hillary Clinton's win in Puerto Rico, the U.N. World Food Summit in Rome, the most recent criticism of U.S. President George W. Bush, and political protests in Thailand.
Nearly two in three reported struggling to afford food in past year
May 29, 2008Nearly two-thirds of Filipinos surveyed before the recent rice crisis said they were unable to afford food at times in the past year, and a third reported going hungry. Among the highest reported in the region, these figures suggest Filipinos were especially vulnerable to soaring prices.
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Before price hikes, many often went without enough to eat in past year
May 21, 2008Gallup Polls in 29 sub-Saharan African countries reveal how often residents went without enough to eat before the recent food price hikes. A median of a third (33%) of residents said they had gone without enough to eat several times or more in the past year.
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May 19, 2008Long before Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, Gallup found 34% of urban Burmese at times struggling to afford food.
In 2006, 34% reported being unable to afford food at times; 21% unable to afford shelter
May 19, 2008Even before Cyclone Nargis left millions in Myanmar hungry and homeless, a Gallup Poll found 34% of urban Burmese had problems affording food and 21% had difficulties affording shelter.
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May 5, 2008Data-driven insights into the Reverend Wright controversy in the U.S. election, Russia's new president, gas prices in the United States, and the food crisis in Bangladesh.