New Year weight loss goals: Only half of Americans want to lose weight, poll finds

CLEVELAND, Ohio — New Year resolutions typically see dieting, but only astir half of American adults opportunity they want to suffer weight successful 2026, according to a caller West Health-Gallup poll.

About 41% of Americans picture themselves arsenic being astatine slightest somewhat overweight, but only half arsenic galore (26%) are actively trying suffer weight, nan study found.

Women were much apt than men to position themselves arsenic overweight and to definitive a desire to suffer weight.

These findings, from nan caller West Health-Gallup Health and Healthcare Survey, are mostly successful statement pinch nan trends complete caller years.

West Health is a nonprofit focused connected elder care.

Here are immoderate highlights from nan survey, which was conducted successful November:

• About 37% of Americans are satisfied to support their existent weight, and 10% opportunity they want to summation weight, according to nan poll.
• About 50% of Americans see their weight to beryllium astir right, 41% very aliases somewhat overweight, and 8% very aliases somewhat underweight.
• Over nan past fewer decades, Americans person changed their ideas astir perfect assemblage weight. That target is astir 15 pounds much coming than it was successful 1990.
• U.S. adults’ mean perfect weight successful 2021-2025 was 144 pounds for women and 185 pounds for men. In 1990, those averages were 129 pounds for women and 171 pounds for men.

The Gallup Poll Social Series is a group of nationalist sentiment surveys connected galore social, economic, and governmental topics. Gallup interviews astatine slightest 1,000 U.S. adults aged 18 and older for each Social Series survey.

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