ANXIETY LEAPFROGS WEIGHT AS TOP CONCERN.

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Americans are stressed. That palpable sense of anxiety as a major health concern has been building for many years. In fact, The Hartman Group, Bellevue, Wash., reports that stress has replaced being overweight as the top health condition U.S. households actively are treating or preventing.

According to its Health + Wellness 2019 report, Hartman finds that 63% of consumers are prioritizing anxiety or stress, compared to 61% concerning weight. The surge in the management of anxiety or stress mostly is driven by consumers preventing health conditions, especially among millennials and Gen Z.

Weight still is seen as a key indicator of overall health, but mental/emotional health is becoming a more-prominent aspect of how consumers understand health-and-wellness. "Cultural assumptions about...

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