Table 5 Differences in health behaviors among White, Black, Latinx, Filipino, and Chinese women and men aged 35–79 years who say they are trying to eat healthy, get exercise most days, and get enough sleep to feel well rested

  ≥ 3 servings a day

72.5 ^a (70.9–74.1)

46.8 ^ab (42.9–50.7)

45.9 ^ab (42.7–49.1)

30.0 ^bc (25.5–34.4)

58.0 ^ab (52.9–63.0)

53.8 (51.7–55.8)

25.7 ^b (21.5–29.8)

32.4 ^b (29.0–35.8)

23.0 ^bc (17.8–28.2)

42.3 ^b (36.7–48.0)

  ≥ 5 servings a day

27.5 (25.9–29.1)

13.3 ^ab (10.6–16.0)

14.5 ^ab (12.2–16.7)

7.3 ^b (4.7–10.0)

16.1 ^b (12.3–19.8)

17.8 (16.2–19.5)

5.9 ^b (3.7–8.1)

7.6 ^b (5.6–9.5)

3.8 ^bc (1.5–6.2)

14.2 (10.2–18.3)

 Tries to avoid high sodium/high salt foods most or all of the time

73.0 ^a (71.4–74.6)

68.5 ^b (64.9–72.2)

68.7 ^ab (65.7–71.7)

59.0 ^bc (54.2–63.8)

66.2 ^b (61.4–71.1)

65.7 (63.7–67.7)

67.5 (63.2–71.9)

64.1 (60.6–67.6)

55.8 ^b (49.8–61.8)

61.3 (55.7–66.9)

  < Once a week or never

66.8 ^a (64.5–69.1)

39.7 ^ab (35.3–44.1)

55.3 ^ab (51.6–59.0)

51.4 ^abc (45.3–57.6)

59.5 ^ab (53.2–65.8)

53.9 (51.2–56.6)

32.0^b (26.9–37.1)

38.0 ^b (26.6–34.4)

35.6 ^bc (28.1–43.2)

46.5 ^b (39.5–53.5)

  ≥ 3 days a week

21.0 ^a (19.0–23.0)

43.8 ^b (39.3–48.3)

29.3 ^ab (25.8–32.7)

35.3 ^abc (29.5–41.2)

22.6 ^a (17.3–27.9)

28.6 (26.1–31.0)

46.3^b (40.9–51.8)

42.2 ^b (38.1–45.4)

49.3 ^bc (41.4–57.2)

32.7 (26.1–39.2)

  ≥ 5 days a week

16.2 ^a (14.4–18.0)

29.3 ^b (25.1–33.4)

22.7 ^ab (19.6–25.9)

29.2 ^bc (23.6–34.8)

16.7 (12.0–21.5)

22.3 (20.0–24.6)

32.3 ^b (27.2–37.5)

30.5 ^b (26.6–34.4)

36.7 ^bc (29.0–44.8)

22.5 (16.7–28.2)

 Gets exercise ≥3 days a week

94.9 (94.0–95.8)

88.0 ^b (85.2–90.8)

89.3 ^b (87.2–91.4)

82.9 ^b (79.2–86.6)

89.5 ^b (86.0–92.9)

93.5 (92.3–94.6)

88.1 ^b (85.0–91.2)

90.9 ^b (88.7–93.0)

83.7 ^b (79.3–88.1)

87.5 ^b (83.5–91.4)

 Gets exercise ≥5 days a week

59.9 (57.9–61.8)

42.3 ^ab (38.1–46.5)

49.5 (46.1–53.0)

40.9 ^bc (36.1–45.7)

57.0 (51.5–62.5))

62.4 (60.3–64.6)

50.8 ^b (46.1–55.5)

53.7 ^b (50.0–57.4)

49.0 ^b (43.2–54.8)

51.0 ^b (45.3–56.7)

 Typically gets ≥7 h of sleep a day

74.9 (73.3–76.5)

52.0 ^b (47.8–56.1)

63.7 ^b (60.3–67.0)

51.4 ^bc (46.4–56.4)

65.0 ^b (59.8–70.2)

76.0 (74.1–77.9)

49.3 ^b (44.3–54.4)

61.5 ^b (57.8–65.3)

54.0 ^bc (47.8–60.2)

71.8 (66.2–77.3)

 < 7 h of sleep a day

25.1 (23.5–26.7)

48.0 ^b (43.9–52.2)

36.4 ^b (33.0–39.7)

48.6 ^bc (43.6–55.6)

35.0 ^b (29.8–40.2)

24.0 (22.2–25.9)

50.7 ^b (45.6–55.7)

38.5 ^b (34.7–42/2)

46.0 ^bc (39.8–52.2)

28.3 (22.7–33.8)

 < 6 h of sleep a day

5.7 (4.8–6.5)

19.6 ^b (16.3–222.9)

12.3 ^b (10.1–14.6)

17.7 ^bc (13.8–21.5)

10.9 ^b (7.4–14.4)

4.9 (3.9–5.9)

18.1 ^b (14.2–22.0)

11.7 ^b (9.2–14.2)

13.6 ^bc (9.4–17.8)

7.9 (4.7–11.0)