U.S. health changes from
1990 to 2008: Cardiovascular deaths: down 26%
Prevalence of smoking: down
33%
Prevalence of obesity: up 127%
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“Yoga” apps available for download on
iTunes: 201
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Americans who completely/mostly agree that angels and demons are active: 68%
Americans who completely disagree that angels and demons are active: 14%
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The Happy Planet Index 2.0 scoring 143 countries
Costa Rica the happiest: #1 Brazil: #9 Netherlands: #43
United States: #114 Zimbabwe the least happy: #143
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2008 Super Bowl ads featuring animals: 43%
1988 Super Bowl ads featuring animals: 14%
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Trends in wine consumption from 2002-2006:
Afghanistan: + 1457.09% France: - 5.80% Russia: + 74.89%
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Most populated countries 1950: China, India, U.S, Russian Federation
Most populated countries 2009: China, India, U.S., Indonesia
Projected most populated countries 2050: India, China, U.S., Pakistan
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Number of U.S patents issued from 1950-2006 with yoga in the title: 14
Number of U.S. patents issued from 2007-2008 with yoga in the title: 8
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Sources: 1. America;s Health Rankings: National Changes since 1990. 2. iTunes (11.04.2009) 3. Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (Survey 2007). 4. HappyPlanetIndex.org. 5. The Superbowl Ad. 6. WineInstitute.org. 7. UN Population Division World Population Prospects. 8. Google.com/Patents.
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