French think theyre fat

French think they're fat

PARIS - FRANCE has by far the highest proportion of clinically underweight women in Europe, but only half of them think they are too thin, according to a new study.

Men and women don't perceive their own deficient or excess weight in the same way either, the study found. 'Men denigrate their own bodies when they are underweight, but when they are overweight, they often don't see a problem,' said de Saint Pol, adding that outright obesity was another story. ... more

In other European countries the opposite is true: the number of women in Britain, Spain and Portugal, for example, who see themselves as seriously skinny easily outstrips the number who actually are.