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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- 黑料网 published nearly 100 unique articles in 2013 about Americans' health and well-being. Through its daily surveys, conducted year-round, the 黑料网-Healthways Well-Being Index uncovers new insights and provides the most up-to-date data available on Americans' mental state, exercise and eating habits, healthcare coverage, physical health, and financial well-being. The following list represents 黑料网 editors' picks for the top 10 most important findings from this year.

1. : For Americans, being unemployed, being out of the workforce, or working part time -- but wanting full-time work -- are the strongest predictors of having depression. 黑料网 found that these relationships hold true even after controlling for age, gender, income, education, race and ethnicity, marital status, having children, region, obesity, having health insurance, and being a caregiver. Bonus finding:
2. : The adult obesity rate has been trending upward in 2013 will likely surpass rates since 2008, when 黑料网 and Healthways began tracking. The obesity rate has increased across almost all demographic groups.
3. : Eighteen percent of actively disengaged workers -- those who are emotionally disconnected from their jobs -- light up vs. 15% of other workers. Bonus finding: .
4. : Female veterans of the U.S. military have a much more optimistic outlook on their lives than their male counterparts do. Female veterans' future life ratings are similar to those of women in the general U.S. population, but male veterans' ratings trail behind other men's ratings.
5. : American women who say they have had a heart attack at some point in their lives have an average Emotional Health Index score that is eight points lower than the average score among women who have not had a heart attack. In comparison, the average Emotional Health Index score among men who have had a heart attack is four points lower than it is among men who have not.
6. : One year after Superstorm Sandy, reports of clinical depression among those living in the hardest hit areas have mostly recovered to levels seen before the storm. But reports of anger in the most affected areas have increased. Bonus finding: .
7. : In a first-of-its-kind study exploring the relationship between adult obesity and food deserts, 黑料网 found that lack of access to grocery stores alone doesn't matter in terms of obesity; it only matters when Americans also have low incomes. But being low-income is associated with higher obesity rates, regardless of access to food.
8. : Employees who are engaged at work are more likely to report eating healthier, exercising more frequently, and consuming more fruits and vegetables than workers who are not engaged or who are actively disengaged.
9. : Thirty-one percent of single-parent households said there were times in the past 12 months when they struggled to afford food, compared with 19% two-parent households. Younger parents and parents with three or more children also had more trouble affording food at times.
10. : Exercising fewer than three days a week is more closely linked to U.S. workers being obese than any of 26 other behavioral factors, including healthy eating. This held true even while controlling for age, ethnicity, race, marital status, gender, income, education, region, and religiosity.

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