High-Tech Tools for Fighting Fat: For whatever reason, the drive to diet is reaching a fever pitch. An average American gains seven pounds between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and nearly 40% of us make losing weight our New Year’s resolution, according to various polls. Not that we don’t need help during the other seasons: The average American is 25 pounds heavier than was the case 40 years ago, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
The good news for the $43 billion weight-loss industry is that Americans seem to want to shed those extra pounds more badly than ever. On any given day, 45% of American women and 25% of men are on a diet, studies show.
But most dieters end up disappointed with their results. Two-thirds of the weight they lose is regained within a year, according to studies by the National Institutes of Health.
Yeah, some percentage is dieting and the other half are stuffing their faces with the new Monster Burger at Hardees. Nearly 1500 calories (not counting the fries & coke) and 107 grams of fat. I’d like to think I’m somewheres in the middle.
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So what you’re saying is that roughly 100% of Americans have a weight problem? 😉
Thanks for the comment Biggles.