Article: Sixty-Five Percent of Women Nationally Attempt to Lose Weight After the Holidays; New Poll Shows that Nearly Half of American Women Have Made New Year's Resolutions at Some Point to Lose Weight, but a Majority Failed At Least Once.

STAMFORD, Conn. -- STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- With all the celebrating that takes place during the holidays, weight gain is inevitable. That explains why 65% of women have attempted at some point in their lives to lose weight after the holidays and why 49% have made weight loss a part of their New Year's resolutions. The fact remains however, that the majority of these women give up their weight loss endeavors, without losing a pound -- or even gaining weight. Additionally, 86% of women have tried to lose weight at some point during the year. A new study commissioned by Jamieson Laboratories and conducted by Harris Interactive(R), shows that American ...

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