It’s that time again. Time to lose weight in the New Year. Resolution time. Call it what you will, it’s an annual event for millions of people. In fact, four out of five Americans plan on losing weight in 2014. Are you one of them? Check out these new diet statistics to find out how you may fare.
I’d like to thank the experts at Dukan Diet for sharing their research with Mind Your Body TV. As you read the statistics, it’s clear you’re not alone. In fact, eight out of 10 U.S. adults have dieted in the past, including 75 percent of men. And I find this fact staggering: Over one-third of Americans are currently on a diet.
Dieting by the numbers
- Nearly 80 percent of surveyed U.S. adults said they gain weight during the holidays.
- More than 80 percent of Americans (87 percent of women and 76 percent of men) say they plan to lose weight in the New Year.
- Almost 75 percent of U.S. adults have previously made weight loss a New Year’s resolution.
- Nearly half of U.S. adults who have made losing weight a New Year’s resolution in the past were unsuccessful at their goal.
- Seventy percent of those who say they failed in previous pursuits of New Year weight loss goals abandoned their resolutions by March.
- Seven out of 10 adults believe having personalized diet coaching would help them be more successful in losing weight.
Most Americans who have dieted in the past have tried between two and four different diets.
Here’s more
- Eight out of 10 Americans typically gain weight during the holiday season.
- Seven out of 10 Americans claim that losing weight will be their New Year’s resolution this year.
- Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults have had losing weight as a New Year’s resolution in the past.
- Nearly three out of four Americans worry about their weight during the holiday season.
- Over two-thirds of adults have failed on past diet attempts.
- Seven out of 10 adults believe having personalized diet coaching would help them be more successful in losing weight.
- Seventy percent who were unsuccessful at losing weight as a New Year’s resolution abandoned their goal by March.
- Nearly half of those who were unsuccessful at losing weight for a resolution believe that having personalized diet coaching would have helped them be more successful.
Mind Your Body is taking Christmas week off, but I’ll be back with solid tips for you so you’re among the numbers that do lose weight—if you want to—in the New Year!
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