Two thirds of women lie about their dress size

Lifestyle Health & Fitness
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This is a an article much interesting

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METRO REPORTER - 19th February, 2010
Two thirds of women lie about their dress size

**If you’ve recently told friends that you’re a size 10, when you’re actually a size 12, you’re not alone, according to a recent study.
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The size 16 mannequins being trialled by Debenhams

A whopping 74 per cent of women have lied about their size, claiming to be one size smaller than they are, while three quarters of women have lied about their weight.
The research, surveying women in the UK, found the majority (24 per cent) to be a size 14, whilst only one in five were a size 10 or under.
But the pressure to be thin seems to be making women too embarrassed to be honest about their real size and weight.
Of the 74 per cent of women who have lied about their size and weight, over half said it was due to embarrassment.
Body concerns are a worry for 92 per cent of women, with 85 per cent saying they’d like to lose weight but only a third of them are actually exercising or eating healthier to achieve results.
Managing Director of MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, who conducted the research, said: "The fact that just 12 per cent hadn’t lied about their weight or size is indicative of just how big an issue it is to people.
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Re: Two thirds of women lie about their dress size

They had to do a reaserch to find that out .. yaar in logon ke paas baray faltoo paisay hain ..

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Did they relaly need to do a research on that?

big fat DUH.

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women lie. what else is new..

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gawhs, everyone knows i’m size 4 :rolleyes: sheesh…

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I think most women don't exactly know what size they are.

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^ im pretty sure EVERY woman knows what size she is and what size she would love to be

I dont lie.. If im going thru a fat stage I tell them to mind their own business.. but that's usually with my weight and not my dress size..

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I was referring to a survey done recently according to that majority of women wear wrong size of bra.

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I dont know either :bummer:

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I think that's true.

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Re: Two thirds of women lie about their dress size

Why are others so interested in knowing a woman's size anyway?

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I just remembered that I have a cousin who wears granny tops and I asked her size and she said that she's size 12 when she's actually size 8, another cousin she thinks she's size 12 when she hardly fits in size 12...she's actually easily size 14 or may be 14 n half.

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i am achi woman......... i never lie because i dont know exactly my size.