This statistic shows the percentage of adults in the U.S. who felt that select factors were barriers to their weight loss goals in 2016, by obesity status. According to the data, 81 percent of those that qualified as obese felt that a lack of will power and unhealthy foods being too convenient, affordable and available were barriers to their weight loss.
Percentage of U.S. adults that felt like select issues were barriers to their weight loss goals as of 2016, by obesity status
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National Opinion Research Center, & ASMBS. (October 15, 2016). Percentage of U.S. adults that felt like select issues were barriers to their weight loss goals as of 2016, by obesity status [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/792134/weight-loss-barriers-for-us-adults/
National Opinion Research Center, und ASMBS. "Percentage of U.S. adults that felt like select issues were barriers to their weight loss goals as of 2016, by obesity status." Chart. October 15, 2016. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/792134/weight-loss-barriers-for-us-adults/
National Opinion Research Center, ASMBS. (2016). Percentage of U.S. adults that felt like select issues were barriers to their weight loss goals as of 2016, by obesity status. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/792134/weight-loss-barriers-for-us-adults/
National Opinion Research Center, and ASMBS. "Percentage of U.S. Adults That Felt like Select Issues Were Barriers to Their Weight Loss Goals as of 2016, by Obesity Status." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Oct 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/792134/weight-loss-barriers-for-us-adults/
National Opinion Research Center & ASMBS, Percentage of U.S. adults that felt like select issues were barriers to their weight loss goals as of 2016, by obesity status Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/792134/weight-loss-barriers-for-us-adults/ (last visited June 28, 2022)
