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60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Poll

April 9-13, 2014

Fitness

• Which comes closest to your view about electing an overweight President of the United States? 1. It sends the wrong message about health and well-being to the country and the rest of the world. 2. It’s risky because they are the commander in chief and their health may be at risk., 3. It sends the right message that someone could be elected president regardless of their appearance. 4. The weight of a president has

nothing to do with getting the job done.

American’s would embrace a fat president.

Most Americans would be nonplussed about having an overweight President of the United States: 64% think the weight of a president has nothing to do with getting the job done, and another 15% think of it as a helpful attribute because it sends the right message that someone could be elected president regardless of their appearance.

Some Americans, however, aren’t so positive. 10% think it sends the wrong message about health and well-being to the country and the rest of the world, and 9% think it’s risky because it would mean the commander-in-chief’s health may be at risk.

How Do You Feel About Having an Overweight President?

It has nothing to do with getting the job done 64%

It sends the right message that appearance doesn’t matter 15

It sends the wrong message about health and well-being 10

It’s risky because the Commander-in-Chief’s health could be at risk 9

• Which one of the following fitness trends do you think is a fad that is NOT likely to last?

P90X may be too extreme to last.

What is the latest fitness trend that is the most doomed to disappear? Americans pick P90X as their top choice of fads to disappear (25%) – the extreme 90 day home fitness course. Coming in second is the Latin-music-inspired Zumba (21%), followed by stationary-bike-sensation SoulCycle (15%). Only 8% think CrossFit is the most likely to go away, while another 8% think the thousand-year-old tradition of Yoga has finally run its course. 24% don’t have an opinion.

Which Fitness Trend Won’t Last?

Total Exercise regularly Exercise 1/wk or less

P90X 25% 25% 24%

Zumba 21 20 22

SoulCycle 15 16 13

Yoga 8 8 9

Cross Fit 8 8 7

Don’t know 24 23 25

• If there is no risk to a player’s health, should steroids be regulated and allowed in professional sports, or not?

Even if they were safe, Americans would reject performance enhancing drugs in professional sports.

One of the main critiques of steroid use in sports is that it is unsafe for the athletes, but even if that were not the case, the vast majority of Americans still would not want them in professional sports. 84% of Americans say that even if there were no risk to a player’s health, steroid use should not be allowed in professional sports, while just 15% think steroids should be regulated and allowed.

Americans in all demographic groups oppose allowing steroids in professional sports, though men (19%) are slightly more receptive to having steroids in sports than women (11%) are.

If Steroids Were Safe, Should They Be Allowed in Pro Sports?

Total Men Women

Yes 15% 19% 11%

No 84 80 87

• When you’re on vacation, do you...Almost always work out, intend to work out but rarely do, or take a vacation from working out?

Most Americans don’t work out when on vacation.

In spite of the fancy exercise rooms in luxury hotels that might indicate otherwise, most Americans don’t work out when they go on vacation. Just 20% say they always work out, while another 23% admit they intend to work out, but rarely do. 44% say they take a vacation from working out when they go on vacation, and that they neither intend to nor actually do work out, while 12% volunteer that they either never work out anyway or that they never go on vacation.

Americans who exercise regularly are more likely to take those habits with them on vacation. 28% of Americans who exercise at least a few days a week say they always work out on vacation, compared to just 4% of those who exercise once a week or less.

How Often Do You Work Out When on Vacation?

Total Exercise regularly Exercise 1/wk or less

Always 20% 28% 4%

Intend to, but rarely do 23 22 25

Don’t work out on vacation 44 41 50

Never work out/go on vacation (vol.) 12 8 20

• If you could have plastic surgery without anyone ever knowing, which one of the following would you change?

Americans would rather change their stomach than anything else about their body.

If they could have plastic surgery without anyone ever knowing, more Americans would choose to “contour” their bellies over other popular plastic surgery targets. 31% say they would choose a “tummy tuck” - far ahead of nose jobs (9%), or work on their chins (8%), breasts (6%), eyes (6%), or thighs (5%). The most popular choice, however, is to do nothing. Even if no one else would know, 33% say they would stay just as nature made them and not have plastic surgery done on any part of their body.

Having work done on the stomach is the most popular body location for both men and women, though women (35%) are more likely than men (28%) to want such work done, while men (42%) are more likely than women (25%) to avoid plastic surgery altogether. Americans who don’t exercise regularly are also more likely to consider reducing their belly size by alternative means: 37% of those who exercise once a week or less would have plastic surgery on their stomachs, compared to 29% of those who exercise at least a few times a week.

What Would You Change with Plastic Surgery if No One Found Out?

Total Men Women Exercise regularly Exercise 1/wk or less

Stomach 31% 28% 35% 29% 37%

Nose 9 9 9 10 8

Chin 8 8 8 8 7

Breasts 6 2 9 6 5

Eyes 6 7 6 6 7

Thighs 5 2 7 5 4

None 33 42 25 35 30

• Would you be comfortable with nudity in a gym locker room, or would you not be comfortable with that?

Nudity in the gym locker room? Men say “sure”, women say “no thanks”.

Most Americans say they are not comfortable with the idea of nudity in a gym locker room, though a sizeable minority disagree. 55% say they are not comfortable, while 44% say they are.

Who are most comfortable with nudity in a gym locker room? Men. 63% of men say they are comfortable with nudity in the gym locker room, while women by an even larger margin of 71% say they are not comfortable. And while 58% of Americans under thirty are comfortable with nudity in the gym locker room, the same percentage of Americans 30 and over (58%) are not comfortable.

What Would You Be Comfortable With Nudity in the Gym Locker Room?

Total Men Women Age 18-29 Age 30+

Yes, comfortable 44% 63% 27% 58% 40%

No, not comfortable 55 36 71 41 58

• If you were working out at the gym, do you think you would be more likely to hit on someone, more likely to be hit on by someone else, or do you think neither would be likely to happen?

Most Americans don’t think the gym is the place to further their love life.

At the gym, are you the one hitting on people, or are you the “hittee”? Most Americans say neither. 77% say that neither scenario is likely for them personally, though among the rest, Americans are more likely to get hit on (15%) than hit on someone (6%). Men (9%) are more likely than women (3%) to hit on someone at the gym, though more men still say they are more likely to get hit on (13%) than do the hitting on (9%).

At the Gym, Are You…?

Total Men Women

More likely to hit on someone 6% 9% 3%

More likely to get hit on 15 13 17

Neither is likely 77 75 79

• Do you think it is possible or not possible to think the following two thoughts at the same time: that person is really attractive and that person is really out of shape?

Attractiveness and fitness are not necessarily related.

If you’re not comfortable carrying on flirtations at the gym, have no fear. Americans do not necessarily connect being attractive to being in shape. Three in four Americans say it is possible to find someone really attractive and think they are really out of shape at the same time.

Both men and women think this is possible, though women (77%) are slightly more likely than men (70%) to think these two thoughts can coexist. And while gender matters little, exercise matters less. 75% of Americans who exercise a few days a week agree with 72% of Americans who exercise once a week or less that you can find someone both attractive and out of shape at the same time.

Can You Be Attracted to Someone Out of Shape?

Total Men Women

Yes, possible 74% 70% 77%

No, not possible 24 28 20

• Which would you rather do? Not exercise at all and live to be 80 years old or exercise really hard every day and live to be 90 years old?

Most Americans think an extra ten years is worth exercising for.

Living into your nineties is something worth exercising for, according to most Americans. When asked whether they’d rather not exercise at all and live to 80 or exercise really hard every day and live to 90, two-thirds of Americans pick the latter (65%).

Americans who don’t exercise are happy with their choice however. 55% of Americans who exercise once a week or less say they would be happy to not exercise at all and make it to 80.

Which Would You Prefer?

Total Exercise regularly Exercise 1/wk or less

Not exercise and live to 80 33% 21% 55%

Exercise and live to 90 65 77 42

• When I see a trim person in Spandex drinking a juice cleanser, I mostly think: 1. Gosh, I wish I had that discipline, 2. Please get out of my sight, you’re making me feel guilt, 3. I don’t think much about it either way.

Fit people in spandex drinking juice cleansers don’t faze most Americans.

Though it may seem intimidating, most Americans aren’t impressed by a trim person in Spandex drinking a juice cleanser. If they were to come upon such a sight, 11% might wish they had more discipline themselves, while 3% would want the sight itself cleansed because it would make them feel guilty. The vast majority, however - 85% - would not think much about it either way.

When You See a Trim Person in Spandex Drinking

Juice Cleanser, What Do You Think?

Total Men Women

I wish I had that discipline 11% 11% 12%

You’re making me feel guilty 3 2 4

Don’t think about it much 85 86 84

• Do you consider having sex to be a workout, or not?

Is sex a workout? The American Heart Association recommends 40 minutes of aerobic exercise three to four times a week, and 53% of Americans think sex qualifies.

Men (56%) are slightly more likely than women (50%) to think sex qualifies as a workout.

But as Americans get older, they are less likely to think of sex as a workout. While 57% of Americans under 65 think sex is a workout, this is true of just 32% of Americans 65 and older.

Is Sex a Workout?

Total Men Women Age 18-64 Age 65+

Yes 53% 56% 50% 57% 32%

No 43 42 45 40 60

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This poll was conducted by telephone from April 9-13, 2014 among 1,015 adults nationwide. Data collection was conducted on behalf of CBS News by Social Science Research Solutions of Media, PA. Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard land-line and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus 3 percentage points. The error for other subgroups may be higher. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish. This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.

60 Minutes/Vanity Fair

Fitness

April 9-13, 2014

VF-01. Which comes closest to your view about electing an overweight President of the United States?

***************** TOTAL RESPONDENTS *****************

*** Gender *** ******* Exercise level *******

Total Male Female few days a week 1/wk or less

% % % % %

It sends the wrong message about health and

well-being to the country and the rest of the world 10 11 10 11 9

It’s risky because they are the commander in chief

and their health may be at risk  9 7 10 9 9

It sends the right message that someone could be

elected president regardless of their appearance 15 15 14 14 16

The weight of a president has nothing to do with

getting the job done 64 64 64 64 64

Don’t know/no answer 2 2 2 2 2

VF-02. Which one of the following fitness trends do you think is a fad that is NOT likely to last?

Cross Fit 8 8 7 8 7

Soul Cycle 15 14 17 16 13

P90X 25 24 26 25 24

Zumba 21 22 19 20 22

Yoga 8 9 7 8 9

Don’t know/no answer 24 24 24 23 25

VF-03. If there is no risk to a player’s health, should steroids be regulated and allowed in professional sports, or not?

Should 15 19 11 15 15

Should not 84 80 87 84 83

Don’t know/No answer 1 1 2 1 2

VF-04. When you’re on vacation, do you...Almost always work out, intend to work out

but rarely do, or take a vacation from working out?

Always work out 20 23 17 28 4

Intend to but rarely do 23 25 21 22 25

Take a vacation from working out 44 39 49 41 50

Never work out/Never go on vacation (vol.) 12 12 12 8 20

Don’t know/no answer 1 1 1 1 1

VF-05. If you could have plastic surgery without anyone ever knowing, which one of the following would you change?

***************** TOTAL RESPONDENTS *****************

*** Gender *** ******* Exercise level *******

Total Male Female few days a week 1/wk or less

% % % % %

Chin 8 8 8 8 7

Thighs 5 2 7 5 4

Breasts 6 2 9 6 5

Stomach 31 28 35 28 37

Nose 9 9 9 10 8

Eyes 6 7 6 6 7

None (vol.) 33 42 25 35 30

Don’t know/No answer 1 2 1 2 2

VF-06. If you were working out at the gym, do you think you would be more likely to hit on someone, more likely to be hit on by someone else, or do you think neither would be likely to happen?

Hit on someone 6 9 3 7 5

Hit on by someone else 15 13 17 16 13

Neither is likely 77 75 79 75 80

Don’t know/No answer 2 4 1 2 2

VF-07. Would you be comfortable with nudity in a gym locker room, or would you not be comfortable with that?

Comfortable 44 63 27 47 39

Not comfortable 54 36 71 51 59

Don’t know/No answer 2 2 2 2 2

VF-08. Which would you rather do? Not exercise at all and live to be 80 years old or Exercise really hard every day and live to be 90 years old?

Not exercise and live to be 80 33 29 36 21 55

Exercise really hard and live to be 90 65 69 61 77 42

Don’t know/No answer 3 3 3 2 3

VF-09. Do you think it is possible or not possible to think the following two thoughts at the same time: that person is really attractive and that person is really out of shape?

Yes, possible 74 70 77 75 72

No, not possible 24 28 20 23 26

Don’t know/No answer 2 2 3 2 2

VF-10. When I see a trim person in Spandex drinking a juice cleanser, I mostly think:

***************** TOTAL RESPONDENTS *****************

*** Gender *** ******* Exercise level *******

Total Male Female few days a week 1/wk or less

% % % % %

Gosh, I wish I had that discipline 11 11 12 10 14

Get out of my sight, you’re making me feel guilty 3 2 4 3 3

I don’t think much about it either way 85 86 84 86 83

Don’t know/No answer 1 1 1 1 *

VF-11. Do you consider having sex to be a workout, or not?

Yes 53 56 50 55 49

No 43 42 45 42 47

Don’t know/no answer 4 2 5 3 4

Total respondents: 1,015

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