Women prefer to receive support from their partner or online co-loser during weight loss than from a friend.
Remarkable:although half of the overweight women is extra motivated to lose weight when she watches an overweight friend , slimming women do not need support from a girlfriend. They prefer that from their partner or online fellow dropouts. This is apparent from a survey by nutritionist Anne de Graaf van Losing weight with Anne on Valtaf.nl †
Too heavy
Of the 340 women surveyed, 67 percent are overweight. They all have one or more overweight friends † Half of respondents are concerned about the health of girlfriends who are overweight but don't tell them that. At the same time, just as many women like that friends are fatter, then they themselves appear slimmer †
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Half of the women are never ashamed of their fat friend † However, almost a quarter indicate that they are ashamed of themselves when they are overweight. Women who are overweight also appear to be stricter with others who are overweight. Three quarters of them have stared, laughed at or criticized someone who is overweight † Only 15 percent of healthy weight people have ever done this.
Ugly?
All respondents give their friends a healthy weight † One in ten will only allow it to her friend if they are a healthy weight themselves. Remarkable: one third of women think being overweight is uglier than with others. In addition, half of the respondents are jealous of people who feel comfortable in their own skin despite being overweight.
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