Weight control practices in adults: results of a multistate telephone survey.
- 1 November 1994
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 84 (11) , 1821-1824
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.84.11.1821
Abstract
In this study, data collected in 1989 in a random-digit dialing telephone survey of 60,590 adults in 38 states and the District of Columbia were analyzed. Approximately 38% of women and 24% of men reported that they were currently trying to lose weight. Methods reported were counting calories (24% of women, 14% of men), participating in organized weight loss programs (10%, 3%), taking special supplements (10%, 7%), taking diet pills (4%, 2%), and fasting for 24 hours or longer (5%, 5%). Among both sexes, only half of those trying to lose weight reported using the recommended method of caloric restriction combined with physical activity.Keywords
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