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The misrepresentation of idealised body images compared to healthy body images is clear to see in the fact that 79% said they would like to lose weight, despite the comments made by researchers that the majority of respondents were either of average weight or underweight for their age group. Only 3% of these women said they would like to gain weight. Furthermore, 93% said had had negative thoughts about their bodies over the past week; 31% admitted they had several negative thoughts per day.
Other interesting statistics the research unearthed was that 39% of those polled said the only thing holding them back from cosmetic intervention was the issue of money, of this 39%, 76% wanted multiple surgeries.