Australians Get Happier With Age

Australians Get Happier With Age

One of Australia's largest online wellness surveys reveals baby boomers believe they are happier and healthier than millennials  

 

The latest results from Nestlé Choose Wellness Quiz show respondents aged 55 and over believe they are happier, healthier and more optimistic than millennials.
 
According to the survey, baby boomers believe they get better with age with 27 per cent scoring a happiness score of more than 80 out of 100 compared with just 18 per cent of 18-24 year olds.

The Nestlé Choose Wellness Quiz, taken over 70,000 times in the last two years provides a snapshot of respondent's attitudes and habits towards their happiness and wellbeing.

'Our quiz was developed by motivational psychologists, dietitians and consumer insight analysts. It only takes 10 minutes to complete and offers participants a great way to measure how they're tracking in a quest to live a happier and healthier life," says Katrina Koutoulas, Head of Market Wellness, Nestlé Oceania.
 
The Choose Wellness quiz found that in the past week, 69 per cent of millennial respondents found themselves worrying (versus 47 per cent of baby boomers), 55 per cent felt alone and lonely in the past week (versus 17 per cent of baby boomers), while forty-one per cent felt downhearted and sad (versus 25 per cent of baby boomers).
 
However, there is good news for Australia's millennials. Those who participated get more exercise (58 per cent exercise four or more time per week versus 55 per cent of baby boomers), sleep more (62 per cent get seven to eight hours of sleep per night versus 54 per cent of baby boomers) and they feel like there is joy in their life (80 per cent versus 77 per cent). 

'From our results, we can see what while baby boomers appear to have the edge on millennials, there is room for improvement for all. By making small changes every day to consciously improve their wellbeing, all Australians can have a life-long positive impact on their emotional, physical and mental wellbeing," adds Ms Koutoulas.
 
Nestlé wellness ambassador Hugh Sheridan is urging Australians to make one simple choice every day during the month of September to improve their health and wellbeing.
 
"I understand how challenging it can be to maintain a healthy balance between enduring a heavy work load while still making healthy choices. September's movement is an opportunity for Australians to make small changes that can make a big difference to their overall wellbeing," says Hugh Sheridan.

'The movement has been created to be full of fun ways Australians can improve their wellbeing, both physically and mentally. The challenges are small enough to easily slot into everyday life, but big enough to make a daily difference."

To get involved Nestlé is asking people in Australia and New Zealand to Choose Wellness in a variety of different ways, for example: Choose Flexibility: Touch your toes or strike a pose
Choose Wellness: Show us what wellness means to you

Choose to Mix it Up: Try a fruit or veggie that's never passed your lips!

Participants can win $1,000 every day by taking part and sharing their challenge with #ChooseMyWellness on social media.
 
*Please note: The Nestlé Choose Wellness Quiz is not representative of the Australian population.
 
About #ChooseMyWellness Movement
The Nestlé Choose Wellness Movement is a nationwide call to action for everyone to commit to developing their own personal wellness. Nestlé is inviting all Australians and New Zealanders to join the movement wellness.

From 1-30 September 2016 Nestlé Choose Wellness encourages Australians and New Zealanders to make and document one simple choice every day to improve their health and wellbeing - the best entry each day will win $1,000!
 
To take part, residents of Australia and New Zealand can choose to take part in a daily challenge, upload a picture completing/taking part in that challenge to Instagram, Twitter or the Nestlé Facebook page on the day of that particular challenge with the hashtag #ChooseMyWellness.
 
Click here to see if the full list of challenges.
 
About Nestlé Choose Wellness quiz
Taken over 160,000 times in the last six years, the Nestlé Choose Wellness Quiz provides a holistic snapshot of our participant's attitudes and habits towards five key wellbeing indicators; health, happiness, nutrition, exercise and sleep.
 
The quiz is available online all year round, allowing Australian's to get a better understanding of their overall health and wellbeing.
 
About Nestlé:
The world's leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness company. Nestlé mission of "Good Food, Good Life" is to provide consumers with the best tasting, most nutritious choices in a wide range of food and beverage categories and eating occasions, from morning to night.

 
For well over a century, Nestlé's commitment to producing foods that uniquely fulfil people's needs has been the secret ingredient in everything they make. Nestlé Australia is a subsidiary of Nestlé SA, www.nestle.com.