The statistic depicts how respondents rated the impact of different sources of calories on weight gain from 2013 to 2021. In 2021, some 20 percent of U.S. respondents stated to believe that carbohydrates are the most common source to cause weight gain.
What source of calories are the most likely to cause weight gain?*
* The results are weighted to ensure that they are as reflective as possible of the American population ages 18 to 80.
2020 survey: April 8 to April 16, 2020; 1,011 respondents.
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