Weight worries
Nearly a quarter of women are perpetually on a diet and a third of those make themselves vomit to lose weight, according to a survey. A third of the 7,000 women who replied to a questionnaire for Cosmopolitan magazine said they regularly went a day without eating; 14 per cent used laxatives to lose weight, while 7 per cent took appetite suppressants.
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