Retraction in recent survey says more US adults trying to lose weight
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Channel: LOCAL 12 · 2018 · News & Politics
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A reanalysis of numbers from a recent survey shows that the number of adults in the United States has actually gone up. A second look at these numbers in the Journal of the American Medical Association's "National Health and Nutrition Examination" survey shows a different result from previous numbers announced just a few weeks ago. The study originally reported a decline in the number of adults trying to lose weight over the past 30 years, but the journal issued a retraction Tuesday. The numbers apparently increased from 56 to 58 percent by the end of the study period. Reportedly, there was some confusion over a change in how the survey asked the question about weight loss attempts beginning in 1999.
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