"A
new survey by the NPD Group, a leading market research firm based in
Rosemont, Ill., shows that
about 62% of adults and 34% of children are
overweight or obese" - USA Today, 2005
"CDC's National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey, considered the
gold standard because people are actually weighed and measured, shows that
the percentage of adults who are obese has doubled over the past 30 years
from 15% in the late 1970s to about 31% now." -
USA
Today, 2005
"The
segment of baby boomers (ages 35-54) has mushroomed by 180 percent {since
1987}—to 14.8 million in 2003, claiming 37.6 percent of all health club
memberships." - October 2004 InternationalHealth, Racquet & Sportsclub
Association/American Sports Data, Inc. Health Club Trend Report.
"60%
of
U.S.
adults are overweight, and the government blames 300,000 deaths a year to
weight related diseases." - International Health Racquest & Sportsclub
Association, 01/03
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