STATISTICS

"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