Round-up: Report says healthy lifestyles on the decline … Cane’s names new COO … Retailers employ nearly 58,500 in Capital Region

We’re getting bad: A new study says a declining number of adults are following healthy lifestyle patterns, such as exercising, eating fruits and vegetables and maintaining a healthy weight. The study by researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina finds that the percentage of adults from 40 to 74 with a body mass index greater than 30 has increased from 28% between 1988-1994 to 36% from 2001 to 2006. The number of people eating five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day has also dropped during that period, from 42% to 26%. From the restaurant to the boardroom: Ian Vaughn has been named as chief operating officer of Raising Cane’s chicken fingers. Vaughn, who got his start with Cane’s more than seven years ago as a shift manager in Baton Rouge, has held several management jobs with the company, including director of new store openings and senior vice president of operations. Vaughn, who is filling a post that has been vacant since 2007, will work out of Cane’s Plano, Texas, office. A new report: The National Retail Federation says stores, restaurants and bars employ 58,479 people in the 6th Congressional District. That’s nearly 18% of all the people who work in the area. Restaurants and bars have the biggest share of retail workers, accounting for 22,536 jobs. Retail sales in the district topped $10.3 billion in 2008. Statewide, retail accounted for 19% of Louisiana jobs and sales were $63.8 billion.