Answer To Your Fitness Questions" />A Few Tips And Statistics Regarding Dieting And Fitness
October 20, 2007
Thomas Jefferson once said “If the body be feeble, the mind will not be strong!”
According to Healthy Utah magazine, October 2007:
1) 66% of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese.
2) 56% of Americans want to lose weight.
3) 50% of Americans or ore are overweight and 80% percent of those people are on some kind of diet.
4) $2.9 billion spent annually on yoga classes and products.
The following is comparison between men and women:
5) 4% of women who have tried vegetarian diets as opposed to 0% men.
6) 72% of women say they believe it’s important to limit fats to lose weight as opposed to 52% of men.
7) 57% of women believe they need to lose weight as opposed to 29% of men.
19% of women who have tried low-fat diets as opposed to 8% of men.
9) 16% of women who have tried low-carb diets as opposed to 7% of men.
The numbers are NOT getting better they are getting worse. Oh, and just one more for your gee-whiz collection, The national average for weight gain during the holidays (Oct 31-Jan1) is 10 pounds!!!
Please everyone make a plan early to stay out of the statistics such as these!! Happy Hooooooooolidays!
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How do I know that these statistics are real? If they are real, do you have any 2008 statistics on dieting for adults and kids alike? Thank You.