Body-Conscious Women Would Swap Everything For Perfect Body
Baku, March 31 (AZERTAC). Women extremely conscious of their bodies, are apparently prepared to swap everything from money, careers, even their families for the perfect figure.
Around 93% of women have admitted to having a negative body image, 31% have felt critical of their figure several times during a day, with 30% more than willing to trade a year of their life for the body of a glamour model.
The study involving 320 women aged 18 to 65 years attending UK universities was carried out for eating disorder charity The Succeed Foundation, in partnership with the centre for appearance research at the University of the West of England (UWE), finding for women good health, a high salary and time with family mattered less than looking good.
While. 9% were prepared to give up their partners for getting into shape, one of three women attending university said they would swap a year or more of their life for their ideal body shape.
Almost half of them i. e. 48% said eating disorders were an issue for women on campus, 79% of whom wanted to lose weight, even though 78% were either under or of normal weight. On average, women wanted to lose more than a stone in weight, with only 3% wanting to gain weight.
Women seemed willing to swap things like £5,000 of an annual salary, promotion at work (8%), getting a first in their degree (6%) and spending time with their partner (9%), give up spending time with their family (7%), friends (9%) and health (7%) for achieving their ideal shape.
Kelly Brook, singer Beyonce and actresses Jessica Alba and Scarlett Johansson were celebrities considered to have the perfect body.
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