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U.S. adults that attempted weight loss between 2013-2016, by gender and weight
Percentage of U.S. adults that tried to lose weight from 2013 to 2016, by gender and weight
by John Elflein,
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Jul 23, 2018
This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. adults that tried to lose weight between 2013 and 2016, by gender and weight status. According to the data, among women that were obese, 71.2 percent had tried to lose weight during that time.
Percentage of U.S. adults that tried to lose weight from 2013 to 2016, by gender and weight
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by John Elflein,
last edited
Jul 23, 2018
This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. adults that tried to lose weight between 2013 and 2016, by gender and weight status. According to the data, among women that were obese, 71.2 percent had tried to lose weight during that time.
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- United States
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- 2013 to 2016
- Age group
- 20 years and older
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- 2013 to 2016
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Statistics on "Diets and weight loss in the U.S."
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- Percentage of adults that are physically inactive in the United States as of 2018, by state
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- Percentage of high school students who are trying to lose weight in 2017, by gender and ethnicity
- Percentage of adults aged 65 years or older in the U.S. who were obese from 2013 to 2019
- U.S. population: What are the reasons for watching your diet?
- Which of the following motivated you to make an effort to change your eating habits?
- Top reason for dietary supplement use among U.S. adults as of 2018, by gender
- Leading reasons consumers in the United States want to include more plants-based foods in their diet as of April 2017
- Global consumer vitamins and dietary supplements sales in 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars), by product
- Dollar sales share of the leading weight control/nutritionals liquid/powder in the United States as of 2018*
- Unit sales of the leading weight control/nutritional liquid and powder brands in the United States in 2018 (in millions)*
- Sales value of weight loss vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) in the United States in 2017, by distribution channel (in million U.S. dollars)
- Sales value of weight management formulas in the United States in 2017, by distribution channel (in million U.S. dollars)
- Dollar sales of the leading weight control/nutritional brands in U.S. convenience stores (C-stores) in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Market sales of selected connected wellness products in the U.S. from 2013 to 2018 (in million units)
- Mobile health apps market forecast in the United States from 2018 to 2025, by type (in million U.S. dollars)
- Leading health and fitness apps in the Google Play Store worldwide in June 2019, by number of downloads (in millions)
- Leading health and fitness apps in the Google Play Store in the United States in June 2019, by number of downloads
- Most popular health and fitness apps in the United States as of May 2018, by monthly active users (in millions)
- Percentage of mobile medical application categories used by U.S. adults at least once as of 2017
- Which of the following sports and fitness apps do you use on a regular basis?
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- How often do you currently make use of sports and fitness apps?
- Percentage of U.S. adults who would use an app to track their diet and nutrition as of 2017
- Percentage of U.S. health care workers who use an app to track their diet and nutrition as of 2017
- Over the past year, which of the following healthy food behaviors, if any, have you made an effort to do?*
- U.S. population: Which brands of energy / diet snacks and bars do you eat most often?
- U.S. population: What brands of liquid breakfast or liquid / powdered nutritional supplements do you use most often?
- U.S. population: What are some types of non-prescription products for a diet?
- U.S. population: What types of food do you buy when you are watching your diet?
- Why do you consider the lower-calorie options and suggestions to be useful?*
- Which of the following, if any, do you believe consuming low/no-calorie sweeteners helps you do?
- Importance of buying "healthy" food and beverage products among U.S. consumers as of May 2018, by category
- Percentage of U.S. adults that tried to lose weight from 2013 to 2016, by gender and ethnicity
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- Percentage of U.S. adults that tried to lose weight from 2013 to 2016, by gender
- Percentage of U.S. adults that tried to lose weight from 2013 to 2016, by ethnicity
- Percentage of U.S. adults that tried to lose weight from 2013 to 2016, by age
- Attitude of the population in Belgium towards their own weight in 2014
- Percentage of Canadian students who were reported with thinness, normal weight, overweight or obesity in 2014, by grade and gender
- Percentage of Canadian students who were reported with thinness, normal weight, overweight or obesity in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014
- Number of individuals underweight in Italy from 2005 to 2018 (in 1,000 people)
- Share of adult population who were considered overweight in Brazil from 2007 to 2017
- Share of CM2 students being obese in France from 2002 to 2015, by the socioprofessional category of their parents
- Share of adult population who were considered overweight in Brazil in 2017, by age group
- Share of adult population who were considered overweight in Brazil in 2017, by years of formal education
- Percentage of U.S. adults that used select methods to try to lose weight between 2013 and 2016
- Consumer attitudes towards food, weight and diet in Poland in 2018*
- Consumer attitudes towards food, weight and diet in Russia in 2018*
- Average body mass index (BMI) of U.S. men aged 20 years and over from 1999 to 2016, by age
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- Average body mass index (BMI) of U.S. adults aged 20 years and over from 1999 to 2016, by gender
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