Every month, in each print issue of TRAIN magazine, we hook you up with some easy-to-digest, fun facts about fitness.
Our design wizards at TRAIN hq haven’t forgotten about the digital people either. Here are some weight loss statistics from the past four issues of train in a pretty, easy to read infographic.
If you can’t see the image below, don’t worry, you can find the stats written in plain text directly underneath the image. Don’t forget to check out our recent muscle building infographic too.
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Weight loss statistics from TRAIN magazine
Stats from issue 47
0-6%
The tiny range of obesity rates among vegetarians across all studies
3-20%
Less bodyweight of vegetarians vs meat-eaters
41% higher fibre intake in vegan men
87
studies that these stats were taken from
Source : Journal of Nutrition Reviews
Stats from issue 46
975mg
Amount of bitter orange, stacked with caffeine and St Johns Wort led to more fat loss.
3.1kg vs 1.8kg
Fat loss in the group that took the above supplement stack vs group who took nothing
1800 calories
per day that both groups in the study consumed
6 weeks
of circuit training 3 x a week was the exercise routine to achieve this result.
Source: Current Therapeutic Research
Stats from issue 45
500 calories
Less eaten per day by adults in the 1970’s compared to today
8%
Fewer adults had a BMI of over 30 in 1988
10%
Less physical activity by adults today than in the 1980’s
110-150 minutes
of walking daily would reverse this
Source: Medical University of South Carolina/Deakin University, Melbourne
Stats from issue 44
$75k-99k
Income group with lowest inactivity levels at 9.3%. Get yourself a pay-rise (or cut, if you’re a 6-figure baller)
28%
Of inactive population is earning less than $49k
1980-1999
Millenials born in this range prefer fitness sports as their activity
81.6 million
Americans are completely inactive
Source: Physical activity council
