Study Shows Americans Would Rather Work Out Than Eat Healthy

To the surprise of NOBODY, most Americans say they prefer exercising rather than dieting as a way to lose weight.

Even though science suggests diet is more important than exercise in fighting obesity, diet is losing, and losing badly, to exercise.

That's according to a new Brodeur Partners Health and Wellness survey finding that while 57 percent of Americans say they are daily or frequent exercisers, only 46 percent eat healthy foods daily or frequently.

And while 24 percent of respondents said they exercise every day, only 9 percent eat healthy foods that often.

When it comes to working out, the young are leading by example. Sixty-one percent of millennials (age 18-34) say they work out daily or frequently versus 56 percent of Generation Xers (age 35-54) and 51 percent of baby boomers (55-plus).

And they're eating right, too. Fifty-one percent of millennials said they eat healthy foods most or all the time versus 40 percent of GenX and 44 percent of boomers.

Looks matter while you're young. Although "improving my appearance" is generally a secondary reason for diet and exercise, millennials were far more likely than other age groups to cite it as the most important reason. The breakdown was identical for exercise and healthy eating, with 28 percent of millennials citing appearance as their most important reason vs. 17 percent for Gen Xers and 5 percent for baby boomers. [PR Newswire]

I mean, which would you rather do: Put the pizza down or run on the treadmill to BURN OFF the pizza? :-)

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