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A weight on your mind: Results from Synovate’s 2010 Obesity global survey
This Synovate survey was conducted with 13,155 people across 19 countries.It is the third ‘Healthy Living’ survey on fitness, weight control and attitudes on food and health.
A lapse in concentration and look what happens: your clothes feel snug, the arrow on the scales has moved rather pointedly to the right, and people start telling you that you look "well" instead of trim, fit, or fabulous.
The battle of the bulge is not something new. So what do people around the world do to get themselves back on track? The top three responses overall were:
•Reduce food intake - 40% •Increase physical activity - 35% •Change types of food that you eat - 25%
Respondents who indicated that they are most likely to step up their physical activity to reduce their weight were those in China (58%), Canada (53%) and USA (53%). Respondents who were most likely to deal with additional pounds by reducing their food intake were those in the US (57%), Egypt (56%), and Canada and Argentina (52%). A rather fortunate 27% of respondents across all markets claim that their weight does not change. This was topped by the Indians at 49%. Indonesia followed with 38%, and Turkey and Colombia both with 36%.
It is common knowledge that food is not simply a functional transaction which we undertake to keep ourselves going. It tastes good, we enjoy it, and it has cultural and social meaning. Eating the ‘wrong’ things can be comforting - 26% of respondents globally tend to eat junk food when feeling down, led by the US (47%), Canada (41%) and the UK (40%).
Denying ourselves what we really want can often be hard! 39% agree that lifeis too short to deny yourself whatever you want, even though it might be unhealthy (Romania and Singapore 55%, Korea 49%, Argentina 47%).
Conversely, 84% of respondents agree that eating healthy food makes them feel better (Colombia, Egypt and Indonesia, 95%, Brazil and Chile, 94%).