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People were generally feeling lousier than in 1997, the first year represented in the data. Puzzlingly, all this bad news comes even as more people are doing things meant to improve their health. Far more folks -- a 4 percent increase -- were working out in the first half of 2009, compared with the first six months of 2008.
The six-month time period also saw the highest portion of Americans getting seasonal flu vaccines, being tested for HIV, and quitting smoking, at least since the data started being collected in 1997.
