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With the U.S. and NATO combat missions ending in 2014, many Afghans remain pessimistic about the future. Nearly half of Afghans (46%) believe the presence of the Taliban will increase; half as many (23%) expect it to decrease.

Lisa Berkman, Ph.D., is Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and of Epidemiology and Director of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard School of Public Health. She is also a Gallup Senior Scientist.

Postsecondary Education Aspirations and Barriers

As the U.S. government shuts down for the first time since 1996, historical Gallup data show the shutdown 17 years ago had either no effect or a short-term impact on Americans' views of the U.S. and of the political players involved.

If these companies followed the example of America's highest well-being cities, they could save $22 billion per year by reducing their employees' obesity and smoking levels.

2013 Gallup-Hope Index Report

Many Americans still do not know enough to say if the sequestration cuts have been good for the country or for themselves, little changed from a month ago. But those with an opinion are more likely to see the cuts as bad than good.

The percentage of Americans lacking health insurance coverage continued to vary widely across U.S. metro areas in 2012, from 4% in Burlington, Vt., and the Boston-Cambridge area to 49% in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas.

Boulder, Colo., remains the U.S. metro area with the lowest obesity rate in the U.S. for the third year in a row, at 12.5% in 2012. Obesity remains highest in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, at 38.5%.

Democrats and Republicans maintain contrasting views about global warming, with 75% of Democrats versus 40% of Republicans highly worried about it. However, Republicans' skepticism of global warming has receded since 2011.