Weight loss worth years off life, say women
5th April 2011
By Guest Writer
THIRTY per cent of British women surveyed at 20 universities say they would shorten their lives by a year or more in exchange for an ideal body weight, according to a survey released on Monday.
Ten per cent say two to five years is not too high a price to pay for being svelte and shapely, while 3% are willing to give up a decade or more.
"The findings highlight that body image is an issue for all women and not just adolescent girls," Phillippa Diedrichs, a professor at the University of the West of England and the main architect of the survey, said on Monday.
The survey was conducted by the Succeed