Americans know they’re overweight and they’re notparticularly happy about it. But that doesn’t mean they’re going todo much about it.
A new poll from Gallup finds that 31 percent of American adultssay they are at least 20 pounds above their ideal weight. For men,the average ideal weight is 183 pounds; for women it is 139pounds.
The great majority of that group (85 percent) estimates thatthey are overweight. And an even bigger proportion (90 percent) saythey would like to lose weight. But only 48 percent say they are“seriously trying to lose weight.”
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