Women never change, it seems. They spend more on their looks than on their health, a new survey has revealed.
According to the survey, the average bill for hair products, make-up and fake tan in a bid to look young is £336 a year. Just £228 is spent on vitamins and gym membership.
The statistics emerged in the poll of 3,000 women from age 18 to 65 who were quizzed on attitudes when faced with choosing between image or health, the Daily Express reported.
Nearly 19 per cent admitted to crash-dieting and one in 20 have resorted to laxatives to squeeze into tight-fitting fashions, the survey found. A worrying three per cent admitted to taking up smoking to shed a few pounds and 14 per cent have turned to diet pills. Four per cent said they had suffered an eating disorder to look their best for a night out.
A spokesman for the health group behind the survey, Benenden Healthcare Society, said: “There’s a real danger that British women are becoming too focused on what they look like and forgetting to look after their inner health.”
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Sheen in rehab after ‘wild’ party
Michael Thurston
Los Angeles
Troubled actor Charlie Sheen checked into rehab on Friday, a day after he was rushed to hospital from a reported drug- and booze-fuelled marathon party, his latest career-challenging bender, it is reported.
The decision triggered the suspension of production on the hit TV series Two and a Half Men, in which Sheen stars as a hedonistic bachelor, and which is seen in dozens of countries around the world.
The 45-year-old star — nicknamed “Good Time Charlie” — spent the day in a hospital on Thursday after suffering what was described as “severe abdominal pains” reportedly due to a hiatal hernia.
His spokesman Stan Rosenfield said early on Friday that Sheen was planning to return to the set of Two and a Half Men next on Tuesday following the health scare.
But in an update later on Friday he said: “Charlie Sheen has voluntarily entered an undisclosed rehabilitation centre today. He is most grateful to all who have expressed their concern. Mr Sheen asks that his privacy be respected at this time and that no additional information will be provided,” he added.
—AFP