Americans’ healthy eating habits vary widely by region, according to a recent Gallup poll. Gallup asked more than 350,000 Americans in all 50 states, “Did you eat healthy all day yesterday?” And whether a person lives in Santa Cruz, California or Wichita, Kansas, the answers and the likelihood of healthy eating were markedly different. 
 
 Published by Gallup-Sharecare, a partnership between the polling organization and the digital health company, the “2016 Community Rankings for Healthy Eating” report shows how key aspects of well-being relate to healthy eating. 
 
 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the 25 cities with the lowest shares of residents reporting healthy eating habits. We also examined several other factors research has shown are tied to diet and associated health outcomes. 
 
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 Of the 25 cities with the lowest share of residents eating healthy diets, all but one are in either the South or Midwest. Resident of the Lubbock, Texas metro area report the worst diets in the nation with only 53.8% of residents reporting healthy eating. By contrast, 75.3% of Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Florida residents report healthy eating habits. 
 
 Dan Witters, research director of the Gallup-Sharecare Well-being Index, in an interview with 24/7 Wall St. noted that while health literacy can influence how people respond to this question, “most people have a pretty good idea of what it means to eat healthy or not.” 
 
 To a large extent, in other words, healthy eating decisions are conscious choices, albeit often constrained by other factors such as money, access, and stress among others. Several key well-being metrics, including the presence of someone who encourages you to be healthy, and notably stress levels, support healthy diets. 
 
 Nationwide, 40% of adults report daily stress. In most of the cities with the worst diets, daily stress is more common. 
 
 Income levels and money management are closely related to dietary decisions. The ability to pay for high quality food is often a limiting factor for low income families. Fruits, vegetables, and fresh produce — some of the most beneficial additions to a healthy diet — also often happen to be, on a per calories basis, among the higher priced items at the grocery store. 
 
 The median household income in 22 of the 25 cities with the worst diets is lower than the national median of $55,775 annually. In addition, in most of these cities a higher share of households receive food stamps than across the nation as a whole. 
 
 In the areas where residents report the worst diets, adverse health outcomes are considerably more common than in populations reporting healthy eating habits. The probability of being obese, for example, increases substantially for people with unhealthy diets. All but one of the 25 cities with the worst diets have a greater obesity rate than the nationwide figure. 
 
 These are the cities with the worst diets. 
 
 Correction: Due to a transcription error, the percentages of adults with daily stress were incorrect in a previous version of this article. The error has been corrected. ||||| Healthy eating is at its lowest level in 2016, with 63.2% of U.S. adults reporting eating healthy all day the previous day, down from a high of 67.7% in 2010, representing a decline of over 10 million American adults eating healthy on any given day since that year. 
 
 This report also explores the relationship between healthy eating and various chronic diseases - obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression and stress - finding those who ate healthy all day the previous day had lower disease burden across conditions than those who did not. This research suggests that an emphasis on healthy eating and sensible food policies could have a positive impact on lowering disease burden within communities nationwide.
– We know residents of Naples, Fla., boast the best diet—but which cities could use major improvements in the intake category? A report by Gallup and digital health firm Sharecare looked at 189 metro areas across the US and shook out the ones that could use a consultation with a nutritionist. 24/7 Wall St. notes that most of the areas that fare the worst are in the Midwest or South, with residents in Lubbock, Texas, earning the worst marks in their answer to the question: "Did you eat healthy all day yesterday?" The worst 10 metro areas, plus the percentage of adults who eat healthy all day long in each location: Lubbock, Texas; 53.8% Memphis, Tenn.; 55.9% Cincinnati, Ohio; 56.3% Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC; 56.4% Clarksville, Tenn.; 56.7% Lexington-Fayette, Ky.; 56.9% Wichita, Kan.; 56.9% Topeka, Kan.; 57% Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Ark.; 57.1% Tulsa, Okla.; 57.2% The entire list here. (The six laziest cities.)