FLOSSING: A THIRD OF US DO, A THIRD OF US DON’T, A THIRD OF US DO SOMETIMES

Do you floss your teeth every day? A recent study found that nearly one-third of American adults never do. The study looked at data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to determine the percentage of American adults who neglect to floss their teeth. Researchers examined self-reports of more than 9,000 adults, ages 30 and older, who gave the number of days they flossed the week before. The results:
– 32.4% of adults reported no flossing, 37.3% reported less than daily flossing and 30.3% reported daily flossing in the past week.
– The study also found that failure to floss was higher in men than women, higher for those 75 or older than those 30 to 44.
* Wowza!!! Is this a slow news day or what?
* I guess all the real reporters are covering the Richard Simmons story.
* Our intern actually fell asleep just walking this story across the room to me.
* Actually, it’s hard to find a story on flossing. I really had to pull some strings.
* Back and forth.
* It’s harder for older people to floss because they keep forgetting where they left their teeth.
* And 5% couldn’t take the survey because they were flossing right then.
* Let me guess: Here comes the government-mandated flossing program.
* Maybe we need a big ad campaign showing sexy supermodels flossing.
* I bet that one third who never floss already lost their teeth.
* Next up: a look at cavities. Who gets them. Who doesn’t.