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All Adults GLB Lesbian Heterosexual
All Women
(n= 2,209) (n=119) (n=341) (n= 2,024) (n=1,165)
Very fit 3 1 3 3 2
Fit
18 21 16 18 15
Somewhat fit 46 39 45
47 44
Not fit 30 35 36 30
38
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All Adults GLB Lesbian Heterosexual
All Women
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Eat fruits
and vegetables
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No 53
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Overeat
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MOST TO LACK OF FITNESS
"Which of the following do you feel contributes most to your lack of fitness?
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Total GLB Lesbian Heterosexual
All Women
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Eating fast
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25 16 18 25 26
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29 16 18
Exercising
regularly 7 3
10 7 6
Eating meat 6 6 5 6
5
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2
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and vegetables 3 1 2 3 2
Obtaining yearly
medical checkups 2 1 * 2 3
Taking vitamins 2 - 1 2 3
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Underweight 6 2 3 7 9
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Smoking and Diet Contribute to Lack of Fitness
Among all adults and heterosexuals who
said they were somewhat or not fit,
overeating (35%), eating fast food (25%), and smoking (16%) ranked
as the top
three factors that respondents felt contributed most to their lack of fitness."
Notes on reading tables:
The percentage of respondents has been included for each item. adults
All Adults GLB Lesbian Heterosexual All Women
(n= 2,209) (n=119) (n=341) (n= 2,024) (n=1,165)
Overweight 63
61 77 64 67
Underweight 3 8 *
3 3
Average/
Just right 30 29 23
30 27
Not sure 3 2 - 3 3
TABLE 3
LEVEL OF PHYSICAL FITNESS
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The survey was conducted by Harris Interactive(R),
a worldwide market research and consulting firm
, in conjunction with Witeck-
Combs Communications, a strategic public relations and marketing
communications
firm with special expertise in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender market; it was also conducted
in conjunction with National LGBT
Health Awareness Week.
Among lesbians, smoking was the number
one choice of contributors (29%) while
overeating was the top contributor among GLB adults (45%)
and all women (35%). The sampling error for the
GLB sample was plus or minus 9 percentage points
, and sampling error for
lesbians is plus or minus 6 percentage points.
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Harris Interactive
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