(UPI) About one out of six Americans struggles with weight loss and few maintain weight loss, U.S. researchers say…

The researchers' analysis found:

-- One-third stated a current goal of losing weight, with 82.6 percent classified as overweight or obese.

-- Thirty-six percent maintained a weight loss of at least 5 percent of their initial body weight. This is a higher rate than clinical trials, which have shown only 10 percent to 20 percent of individuals able to maintain a loss of at least 5 percent.

-- Women had a higher prevalence than men of a long-term weight loss of at least 10 percent

-- Sixty-nine percent of those reported weight loss of at least 10 pounds since last year said it was intentional and were most likely to be younger, females, non-Hispanic whites, with more than high-school education.

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