Drop a dress size… and lose your friends: How that New Year’s resolution could have hidden consequences
By Eleanor Harding
Last updated at 7:57 AM on 28th December 2011
Women whose New Year resolution is to shed a few pounds should beware – they could find they shed a few friends as well.
Research suggests that those who successfully drop a dress size make others so envious that it could ruin personal relationships.
A third of women admit to being secretly jealous of friends who lose weight – with a sixth actively wishing their friends were fatter than them.
A third of women admit to being jealous of friends who lose weight with a sixth actively wishing their friends were fatter than them
And more than a fifth of those surveyed said they were generally happier in life when they were slimmer than their friends.
The research suggests that even if we say we want the best for our friends, many of us simply cannot help feeling resentful.
And in some cases, the envy is so strong that we go out of our way to encourage our friends to look worse than us.
One in ten respondents admitted they will tell their friends they look slim when they do not, perhaps to discourage them from dieting.
At times the envy is so bad some women actively encourage their friends to look worse than us
And of those aged 16 and 17, a third said they often ‘tag’ friends in unflattering photos on Facebook.
Krishna Soma, chief pharmacist at Chemist Direct, said: ‘Putting aesthetics aide, people should consider the health implications of excessive fat consumption.
‘While your successful weight loss may remind others of their own insecurities, remember how much healthier and happier you are.
‘People often try to resist change, so try soothing the anxieties of friends and family, as they probably don’t even realise their own negative reactions.’
The survey of 10,000 adults, carried out by weight-loss treatment BioAPP, also showed that most women, 93 per cent, do not think they would have more friends if they were slimmer.
Shockingly, more than 40 per cent of 16- to 17-year-olds said they have been on a diet to avoid being seen as the ‘fat friend’.
Researchers also found many slimmers were being put under pressure to eat more by friends and family.
Two thirds of British adults with a waistband of 38 inches or above say they regularly fall off the ‘diet wagon’ because of pressure from loved ones. A third said they were actively encouraged to eat second helpings of ‘bad’ foods while they are trying to lose weight.
More than 15 per cent of people in this size category even accuse their family and friends of serving them larger food portions on purpose.
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Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them up, if resolution is passed
- Islamic state fears effect of ‘tempting’ eyes on men
- Says it ‘has the right’ to issue repressive edict
- Women must already cover their hair and wear full-length black cloak
By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 12:54 AM on 19th November 2011
Women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them up under Saudi Arabia’s latest repressive measure, it was revealed today.
The ultra-conservative Islamic state has said it has the right to stop women revealing ‘tempting’ eyes in public.
A spokesperson for Saudi Arabia’s Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, Sheikh Motlab al Nabet, said a proposal to enshrine the measure in law has been tabled.
‘Tempting’ eyes: Muslim women could be forced to cover up even their eyes if a ‘right’ of the Saudi state is enforced
Women in Saudi Arabia already have to wear a long black cloak, called an abaya, cover their hair and, in some regions, conceal their faces while in public.
If they do not, they face punishments including fines and public floggings.
One report on the Bikya Masr news website suggested the proposal was made after a member of the committee was attracted by a woman’s eyes as he walked along a street, provoking a fight.
The woman was walking with her husband who ended up being stabbed twice in the hand after the altercation.
The virtue and vice committee has repeatedly been accused of human rights violations.
Founded in 1940, its function is to ensure Islamic laws are not broken in public in Saudi Arabia.
In 2002, the committee refused to allow female students out of a burning school in the holy city of Mecca because they were not wearing correct head cover.
The decision is thought to have contributed to the high death toll of 15.
They are also banned from driving by religious edict and cannot travel without authorisation from their male guardians.
In September, a Saudi women sentenced to 10 lashes for defying the driving ban was only spared when King Abdullah stepped in to stop the public flogging.
Also in September, the king announced that women would be given the right to vote for the first time and run in the country’s 2015 local elections.
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