Healthbeat by Deirdre Cox Baker

The state of hygiene among Americans was the topic of a recent poll.
Poll findings indicate some of our fellow citizens did listen to their mother’s advice, and some did not. Here’s a sampling:

You wash and change your bed linen …
Once a week … 40%, 10,181 votes
Once every few weeks … 34%, 8,516
Once a month … 16%, 4,007
Less often … 10%, 2,545

You re-wear your underwear before washing …
Never … 78%, 18,302 votes
Once or twice … 17%, 3,929
3-5 times … 4%, 827
More than 5 times … 1%, 340

You brush your teeth …
More than twice a day … 12%, 2311 votes
Twice a day … 41%, 7,946
At least once a day … 42%, 8,239
Less often than that … 5%, 1,041

Click here for more survey info.

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