Average Weight And BMI Have Increased Over Past Two Decades Despite Rise In Those Trying To Lose Weight, Study Indicates

reports the average weight and BMI of Americans has increased, “despite a rise in people trying to lose weight,” researchers concluded in a study that “involved 48,026 people aged between 40 and 64 who took part in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1999 and 2016.” The study revealed that “between 1999 and 2016, the average BMI and weight of participants rose,” while at the same time, “the proportion of people who said they had tried to lose weight also increased, from 34.3 percent to 42.2 percent.” https://www.newsweek.com/americans-fatter-decades-lose-weight-study-1471432