According to a new online survey, men are more than twice as likely as women to think they are slimmer than they actually are. (my husband don't agree O:-) ) As part of an interactive project from The Guardian in the UK, more than 300,000 people entered their height and weight into the website, which launched last month. All participants were asked in advance to select which category they would fall into: underweight, healthy, overweight, obese, or morbidly obese.
According to a post on The Guardian on March 28, almost one in four men said they were at least one category thinner than they actually were. For women, however, 27 percent thought they weighed more than they did, compared to just 12 percent of men.
The Guardian writes that women "are more influenced by images of thin women shown across the media, are more worried and aware about their health, or could be tied to a myriad of other factors." Meanwhile, the men, by not being cognizant of their weight, are putting themselves at risk of a host of health problems, they write.
Interesting study. I do agree, we tend to be more worried about the way we look than men. :-S What do you ladies think?
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