“Back in the 1970s, I ate a high-protein diet to get bigger and stronger. As a senior at Utah State, I weighed 218 pounds with eight percent body fat, and threw the discus over 190 feet. Then I got some advice from the people at the Olympic Training Center. I needed carbs, they advised, and lots of them. They pointed to studies done on the American distance runners. Being an idiot, I took the advice to eat like emaciated, over-trained sub-performers. It took years of high carbohydrate grazing to learn the evils of this advice.” PeopleYearsStatesDoneBodyEvilStudyFeetAdviceNeededTrainingPercentBiggerStrongerDistanceEightFatsIdiotDietsPoundsPerformersSeniorRunnersWorkoutProteinUtahDistance RunnerMotivational WorkoutCarbsCarbohydratesGrazingBody Fat Author:Dan John
“We became astronomers thinking we were studying the universe, and now we learn that we are just studying the 5 or 10 percent that is luminous.” ThinkingUniverseStudyPercentLuminousAstronomers Author:Vera Rubin
“While some multimillionaires started in poverty, most did not. A study of the origins of 303 textile, railroad and steel executives of the 1870s showed that 90 percent came from middle- or upper-class families. The Horatio Alger stories of "rags to riches" were true for a few men, but mostly a myth, and a useful myth for control.” MenStoriesWealthClassPovertyStudyMiddlePercentMythRichesExecutivesSteelRagsRailroadsUpper ClassHoratioTextilesRags To Riches Book:A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present Source: A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present
“Depression comes back over time in about 90 percent of people on antidepressants. Studies show that relapses are far less common when people are treated with psychotherapy.” PeopleShowsCommonStudyPercentTreatedPsychotherapyRelapseAntidepressants Author:Irving Kirsch
“A City University of New York study done in 1991 revealed that nearly 90% of the American people identify themselves religiously as Christians or Jews, while only 7.5 percent claim no religion.” PeopleDoneChristianReligiousCitiesStudyNew YorkPercentClaimsUniversityJew Author:William Bennett
“Many people have trouble sticking to their resolutions, and there is a simple scientific explanation for this. In 1987, a team of psychologists conducted a study in which they monitored the New Year's resolutions of 275 people. After one week the psychologists found that 92 percent of the people were keeping their resolutions; after two weeks we have no idea what happened because the psychologists had quit monitoring.” PeopleYearsTwoIdeasFoundSimpleStudyHappenedTroubleWeekTeamPercentQuittingNo IdeaExplanationResolutionNew YearTwo WeeksPsychologistNew Year's ResolutionsMonitoring Author:Dave Barry
“In fact, the Harvard study data indicates that 70 percent of African American children attend schools that are predominately African American, about the same level as in 1968 when Dr. King died.” ChildrenFactsSchoolLevelsStudyKingsPercentDiedDataAfrican AmericanDrsHarvard Author:Bobby Scott
“Attention deficit is no longer the supposed domain of Generation Y's who were brought up on a diet of social media and new technology. A recent study revealed 65 percent of 55-64 year olds surf, text and watch television simultaneously.” YearsSocialAttentionWatchesTechnologyStudyGenerationsMediaTelevisionPercentSocial MediaDietsDomainDeficitNew TechnologySurfGeneration Y Author:Kevin Kelly
“I started studying herbalism and edible plants that existed in the wild. And then I realized, "Okay, cool. I know how to make a fire with sticks and I know how to build a shelter, but I live 90 percent of my life in an urban environment, so these skills aren't really going to help me because there aren't trees that grow in Los Angeles that I can just take a branch and make fire out of, because that wood isn't conducive for that. So I started learning urban survival skills.” KnowsI CanHelpingGrowsKnow HowStudyEnvironmentFireTreeSkillsSurvivalPercentOkayPlantSticksWoodsI RealizedBranchesHelp MeLos AngelesShelterUrbanSurvival SkillsUrban Environment Author:Shailene Woodley
“In the study, 89 percent of Americans said that they interrupted their last social encounter by looking at a phone. And 82 percent of them said that it deteriorated the conversation.” SaidLastsSocialStudyConversationPercentPhonesEncountersInterrupted Author:Judy Woodruff