Women fret about their bodies every 15 minutes

These results are not suprising, as we’ve long known that women have more body image issues than men do. It is the reason that eating disorders are largely a women’s issue, and it is the reason that many women have such poor self-esteem (constantly reinforced by stereotypical media images of young, thin women).

Only one in every fifty British women is happy with the shape of her body, a survey has found.

The survey of 5,000 women, conducted on behalf of Grazia, the magazine, found the average woman worries about her body every 15 minutes — more frequently than men think about sex — while 29 per cent worry about their size and shape every waking minute.

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