How men feel about size 0

Obsession about fat has become the new craze, causing numerous young girls to develop eating disorders. These disorders, if not detected soon enough, could lead to death.The statistics are horrifying in America alone:

It is estimated that 8 million Americans have an eating disorder – seven million women and one million men
One in 200 American women suffers from anorexia
95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25
50% of girls between the ages of 11 and 13 see themselves as overweight
80% of 13-year-olds have attempted to lose weight

The media has reduced womanhood to body parts, airbrushed to perfection - a standard nobody can adhere to. Young women are taught that they have to be perfect if they want to be loved. We all crave love and many people will do everything in their power to get it, even if it means we have to purge our food, count calories or be nipped and tucked to perfection.

There is no such thing as perfection and if you think a man wants someone with a size 0 figure, flawless skin, Colgate smile, Pantene-shine hair, think again. Of course man fantasise about Miss Perfect, just like we do about Brad Pitt and Izak Davel of Egoli fame... but he's more than happy to have you.

Your scars and imperfections are part of you, just like that drunken tattoo he got when he was 18 with the name of his high school sweetheart.

I interviewed modern men aged mid-thirties to mid-forties and the bulk of them prefer 'cuddleliscious' women with chutzpah and pretty faces. They admitted that they prefer a woman who climbs boots-and-all into a rack of ribs to a stick figure who plays with her salad. Confidence is key - when you feel unworthy of his attention, he will take your word for it! You know yourself best, so if you think you are not good enough, he won't waste his time on you.

A USA organisation that promotes healthy self-image says that 80% of American women are dissatisfied with their appearance.

If you want people to love you, start loving yourself. Look in the mirror, play up your good features, dress nicely. Research has shown that happy women lose weight naturally. Obsessing with your weight will simply prevent you from losing it and make you unhappy and unhealthy.