(SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS) 19 May 2007:

The results of a telephone survey of residents of Santa Clara County are causing some consternation. 4,200 were asked about their weight and whether they were dieting or not. Some 62% of the men reported being overweight or obese as opposed to only 45% of the women.

This is then contrasted with the fact that 45% of the women are dieting while only 35% of the men are.

The simple solution, that dieting works, seems not to have occured to anyone. The sex in which more people diet having fewer overweight or obese people makes perfect sense with that assumption.