Results: Weighing the pros and cons
1.
1.
Have you ever struggled with being overweight? Yes
57%
•
1047 votes
No
43%
•
799 votes
2.
2.
Why do you think that is? Physical issues
18%
•
331 votes
Genetic/hereditary reasons
18%
•
328 votes
Not sure
8%
•
143 votes
Overeating
36%
•
657 votes
Emotional binging
20%
•
372 votes
To feel protected or to keep from getting hurt (again)
5%
•
100 votes
From a disease/condition
8%
•
148 votes
Age related
14%
•
264 votes
Happened after high school (no longer exercising)
6%
•
114 votes
N/A
35%
•
638 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
40 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.29% | 9 | |
| medication | 0.06% | 2 |
| medications | 0.06% | 2 |
| boredom | 0.03% | 1 |
| After pregnancy | 0.03% | 1 |
| doctor said it was my metabolism | 0.03% | 1 |
| MEDICATIONS MADE ME FEEL HUNGRY ALL THE TIME. | 0.03% | 1 |
| Just for a short time after each pregnancy | 0.03% | 1 |
| My meds | 0.03% | 1 |
| had a baby | 0.03% | 1 |
| seroquel medication i am taking | 0.03% | 1 |
| chemo | 0.03% | 1 |
| weight from pregnancy | 0.03% | 1 |
| I am in an emotional abusive home situation and forced to take a medication that increased my weight by over 50 pounds, the stress send me immediately into menopause -the entire time with perhaps 2 nights of sleep | 0.03% | 1 |
| health related illness | 0.03% | 1 |
| Quit smoking | 0.03% | 1 |
| too much sugar | 0.03% | 1 |
| Mentally ill | 0.03% | 1 |
| I'm overweight but it isn't necessarily a struggle. I know what I have to do - exercise! I just don't currently.. | 0.03% | 1 |
| lazy | 0.03% | 1 |
| birth control/hormone issues | 0.03% | 1 |
| Failure to care about yourself | 0.03% | 1 |
| throoid | 0.03% | 1 |
| not able to exercise the way I'd like to due to physical issues | 0.03% | 1 |
| too much soda | 0.03% | 1 |
| I quit smoking | 0.03% | 1 |
| child birth | 0.03% | 1 |
| meds | 0.03% | 1 |
| it was a side effect of medication I was taking | 0.03% | 1 |
| lack of exercise | 0.03% | 1 |
3.
3.
I had diabetes longer than I knew, and so upon eating the wrong foods it bounced my blood sugar up and down; but for years I thought I had a disorder. Has this happened to you, your so called condition was actually a physical disease? Yes
12%
•
225 votes
No
40%
•
730 votes
Undecided
12%
•
219 votes
Not Applicable
36%
•
672 votes
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