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980: Average number of calories consumed during a traditional Thanksgiving meal, including turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, and cranberry sauce & dessert.
5: Average number of pounds Americans believe they are likely to gain between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.
1: Ranking of weight loss among the most popular New Year's resolutions.
10: Diameter in inches of a typical restaurant plate 20 years ago.

12: Diameter in inches of a typical restaurant plate today.
44: Percentage of women who are on a diet at any given time.
29: Percentage of men who are on a diet at any given time.
35: Percentage decrease in the number of false weight-loss claims in television, radio, and print advertisements from 2001 to 2004.
15: Number of months in prison a man was sentenced to after he claimed the doughnuts he was selling contained 135 calories instead of the actual 530 calories.

16: Marylin Monroe's dress size in the 1950s (about the equivalent of a size 12 dress today.)
31: Percentage of Americans who were trying to lose weight in 1951.
6: Catherine Zeta-Jone's dress size.
58: Percentage of American's who were trying to lose weight in 2002.
$6 billion: Amount American's spent on fast food in 1970.
$110 billion: Amount Americans spent on fast food in 2000.
30: Number of pounds Renee Zellweger gained for her role in Bridget Jones' Diary.
$3.2 million: The bonus Renee Zellweger reportedly received, on top of her $11 million paycheck, to gain 30 pounds for Bridget Jones' Diary: The Edge of Reason.
12,500: Number of Lindsay Lohan fans who have signed a petition urging the star to gain weight.
15: Average number of pounds a soda drinker can lose in a year by cutting out one can every day.
23: Percentage of American adults who consume five servings of fruits and vegetables a day.
19.8: Percentage of American adults who think they are obese.
30.5: Percentage of American adults who actually fit the medical definition of obesity