Why your best friend won't say you need to lose weight.Byline: Daily Mail Reporter ONE in five women would never dare suggest that a friend needed to lose weight, research revealed yesterday. A study of 3,000 women showed every female has at least two friends they consider to be overweight Overweight Refers to an investment position that is larger than the generally accepted benchmark. Notes: For example, if a company normally holds a portfolio whose weighting of cash is 10%, and then increases cash holdings to 15%, the portfolio would have an overweight . But instead of pointing it out, they will continue to compliment Not to be confused with Complement. Compliment may be
Only a quarter had plucked pluck v. plucked, pluck·ing, plucks v.tr. 1. To remove or detach by grasping and pulling abruptly with the fingers; pick: pluck a flower; pluck feathers from a chicken. up the courage to tell a friend she should lose some weight. And they probably wished they hadn't - because 12 per cent said their friend was 'devastated' and a further 10 per cent 'burst into tears' on hearing the advice. Nearly half said their friends could all do with dropping a few pounds, while one in 20 had ended a friendship after being told they were overweight, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the survey for Tanita, in conjunction with National Obesity obesity, condition resulting from excessive storage of fat in the body. Obesity has been defined as a weight more than 20% above what is considered normal according to standard age, height, and weight tables, or by a complex formula known as the body mass index. Week. A spokesman for the company, which provides precision weighing equipment, said: 'This shows girl-friends talk to each other about their bodies, weight issues and dress size on a daily basis. 'However, whilst girls are comfortable talking about their own weight and criticising themselves, in truth, most girls would not be able to cope with a friend telling them they needed to slim down Verb 1. slim down - take off weight lose weight, melt off, slim, slenderize, thin, reduce sweat off - lose weight by sweating; "I sweated off 3 pounds in the sauna" . 'Although friendships should be based on trust, honesty and being truthful, we are also supposed to be kind to our friends, and this means being careful about crossing the line.' She added: 'There are ways and means WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means. of telling a friend they need to lose weight. It might be easier to suggest joining exercise classes together and eating healthy meals together regularly instead.' The research revealed a fifth of women have already been told by friends that they are too fat, and more than half of them quickly did something about their expanding waistlines. But 29 per cent of girls said that although they would try to take a friend's advice, they would be very hurt to find out someone thought they were fat. And one in ten would be furious that a friend felt it was their place to comment on their body. |
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