So is your financial ETF diversified with Citigroup and Bank of America as small parts of a pie, or are you overweight Citigroup and Bank of America without knowing it?

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And so far, the number of participants is still small compared to the percentage of the population that is overweight.

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But this also means that a small amount of weight loss can make a big difference, particularly among women who are overweight, he said.

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