Brighton women lie about food, survey claims

8:00am Sunday 20th January 2013 in News

Millions of British women binge-eat, lie about how much they weigh and have a negative relationship with food, according to a new survey.

The study of 2,000 women also found that eating in secret is commonplace, with many refusing to tell family and friends the truth about how much they really consume.

Researchers said boredom, stress and feeling depressed are the biggest triggers causing women to eat more.

Three-quarters of UK women - 24 million - say they often feel guilty about how much they eat.

Pollsters found that more women in Southampton confess to binge- eating (38.46%) than any other UK city, followed by Brighton (36.36%) and Cambridge (34.38%).

Linda O'Byrne, chief nutritionist for New Atkins Nutritional, which organised the survey, said: "These are very worrying figures that reveal many women are ill at ease with food.

"Whether it is bingeing, lying about how much you weigh or eating in secret, you must do your best to stamp it out.”

Comments(6)

Nitrous_McBread says...
8:14am Sun 20 Jan 13

Stop the press: men too.

PS. Misspelling 'women' in the headline is a stunning achievement.

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Morpheus says...
9:11am Sun 20 Jan 13

Nothing new here for men or women. Obesity is only due to eating and drinking too much and the wrong things. People will not face the facts and like to blame it on metabolism, etc.

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All 9 of me says...
9:40am Sun 20 Jan 13

2000 people doesnt really represent anything, except there are 2000 people who eat too much. what a cr*p survey why bother publishing this irrelevant drivel

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Maxwell's Ghost says...
9:59am Sun 20 Jan 13

And nine out of ten people lie when taking part in surveys.

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A Watcher says...
10:16am Sun 20 Jan 13

Survey sponsored by a diet company... hmmm

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PorkBoat says...
3:29pm Sun 20 Jan 13

46.9% of statistics are made up.

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