Seventy‐two studies with more than a million participants found that in the last five years (2010–2015), about 40% of adults from general populations reported trying to lose weight and 23% of adults reported trying to maintain weight annually.
Based on the results of a nationally representative sample of 1,234 U.S. residents age 21 and older conducted by Opinion Research Corporation
1) www.livescience.com/10389-big-fat-disconnect-90-diets-healthy.html, accessed 3/13/2017
UK report, but: more than half of adult population in UK are overweight or obese, 2 out of 3 adults in the US are overweight or obese.
2) www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2833165/90-obese-people-don-t-think-weight-problem.html, accessed 3/13/2017
3) 2012 Food and Health Survey, Consumer Attitudes Towards Food Safety, Nutrition and Health - The International Food Information Council Foundation