A study has found four out of five men regularly talk to family and friends about their image concerns.
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It's supposed to be women who spend hours agonising over their figures.
But in fact men are plagued by body hang-ups too, a study has found four out of five regularly talk to family and friends about their image concerns.
Their biggest worry was a beer belly, followed by lack
of muscle tone and 'moobs', or male breasts.
More than 35 per cent said they would sacrifice a year of life if they could achieve their ideal weight or shape. More than half felt personally affected by negative body talk, even if it wasn't directed at them.
They reported feeling miserable and insecure on hearing comments about others such as "look at his beer belly" and "he's too fat to wear that", as it reinforced their own hang-ups.
