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Very few overweight women happy
ScienceDaily ^ | 6/30/05 | UPI

Posted on 06/30/2005 3:37:52 PM PDT by beavus

LONDON, June 30 (UPI) -- Only 1 percent of overweight women in a British survey said they are happy with their shape, blaming the celebrity culture for their attitude.

Of the 4,000 overweight women questioned by the National Slimming Survey, 83 percent said they suffered from deep "self-loathing". Some 91 percent felt depressed and 79 percent said they felt "utter despair."

Two-thirds of overweight women said they have felt like "life is not worth living," Sky News reported.

The survey also said 74 percent admitted to hiding food in their bedroom, car, garage or garden. About half of respondents removed size labels from clothing.

Among 1,000 men questioned in the same survey, 94 percent said they felt "like second-class citizens."

Copyright 2005 by United Press International. All Rights Reserved.


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To: beavus

I think women are generally much more sensitive about the way they look than men are. One reason why they can be nastier than men as well.


21 posted on 06/30/2005 3:57:54 PM PDT by k2blader (Was it wrong to kill Terri Shiavo? YES - 83.8%. FR Opinion Poll.)
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To: beavus

An example of being well grounded the wrong way.


22 posted on 06/30/2005 3:58:38 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: spectre
I told her how to lose about 180 pounds really quick...divorce him!

LOL! But not necessarily a joke. Stress and despair can lead to weight gain. The pleasure of tasty food is a bandaid on unhappiness.

23 posted on 06/30/2005 3:59:43 PM PDT by beavus (Hussein's war. Bush's response.)
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To: Paul Atreides

You don't always pop pills to wear a zero. You smoke heavily, pretend to eat, and do lots of shopping.

The BMI business is garbage. What was wrong with the insurance industry standard anyway? I still want to know what "overweight" means. Does it mean, "Gosh, my thighs are bigger than Nicole Kidman's?" or "I gained a pound over the weekend eating a lima bean!"

How much "overweight" is overweight?


24 posted on 06/30/2005 4:02:02 PM PDT by OpusatFR (Try permaculture and get back to the Founders intent. Mr. Jefferson lives!)
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To: beavus
"Why is that?"

Contemporary aesthetics, mostly. I'm sure they've got great personalities...

25 posted on 06/30/2005 4:02:50 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: beavus
83 percent said they suffered from deep "self-loathing". Some 91 percent felt depressed and 79 percent said they felt "utter despair.

They really should just learn to count their blessings. For instance, unlike the tiny gals, those with a generously proportioned hind quarter don't need to concern themselves with whether the toilet seat is up or down.

; )

26 posted on 06/30/2005 4:02:52 PM PDT by Freebird Forever (Imagine if islam controlled the internet.)
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To: beavus

Has anyone here met an English woman who was happy?


27 posted on 06/30/2005 4:04:15 PM PDT by SampleMan
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To: Joe 6-pack
I'm sure they've got great personalities...

LOL. You might think it is a congenital preference for healthy appearances. But, I keep hearing that previous centuries had a fuller-figured woman as the ideal. Whatever that means.

28 posted on 06/30/2005 4:06:02 PM PDT by beavus (Hussein's war. Bush's response.)
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To: SampleMan
Has anyone here met an English woman who was happy?

LOL

29 posted on 06/30/2005 4:07:05 PM PDT by beavus (Hussein's war. Bush's response.)
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To: Paul Atreides
It's just easier to blame everyone else and be part of one's own little victimized group.

Yeah, nothing easier than blaming others (i.e. blaming the "celebrity culture") rather than changing the things we can change. It's human nature.

30 posted on 06/30/2005 4:07:17 PM PDT by 68skylark
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To: beavus

It usually meant they weren't dying from one or more of several thousand diseases that had no cure at the time.


31 posted on 06/30/2005 4:08:26 PM PDT by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
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To: beavus

Chicken or the egg?


32 posted on 06/30/2005 4:09:16 PM PDT by manic4organic (We won. Get over it.)
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To: pissant

ping- thought you'd be interested


34 posted on 06/30/2005 4:15:45 PM PDT by RedBeaconNY (Peace is not absence of war.)
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To: beavus
So somebody rings you up and says, "I'm with the National Slimming Survey, and I've been told you're overweight. Are you happy about being fat?"

I mean, really.

35 posted on 06/30/2005 4:18:28 PM PDT by savedbygrace ("No Monday morning quarterback has ever led a team to victory" GW Bush)
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To: Shaq ONeal
BTW I've lost 22 lbs in the last 2 months.

Good for you. That's a lot in 2 months. How did you do it?

36 posted on 06/30/2005 4:22:46 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Freebird Forever

LOL!


37 posted on 06/30/2005 4:23:26 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (IRAQ---------Just one battle in the War On Terror.)
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To: beavus
Only 1 percent of overweight women in a British survey said they are happy with their shape, blaming the celebrity culture for their attitude.

I have come to the conclusion that much of "celebrity culture" is the result of women's preoccupation with their appearance (read: vanity, which cuts both ways), rather than the other way around. Blaming the media (or men, or the fashion industry, or what have you) is easier than adjusting one's hormone-driven attitudes.

38 posted on 06/30/2005 4:23:47 PM PDT by Physicist
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To: SampleMan
Has anyone here met an English woman who was happy?

Julie Andrews always seemed pretty chipper... so does... uhm... okay, no one else comes to mind.

39 posted on 06/30/2005 4:24:41 PM PDT by wizardoz
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To: beavus

40 posted on 06/30/2005 4:28:05 PM PDT by WKB (A closed mind is a good thing to lose.)
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