WITH sunny, sandy holidays drawing closer, so a familiar dark cloud appears on the horizon: the prospect of donning swimwear and exposing our pale, untoned bodies to the world.
A new survey of 1,000 adults suggests that over two thirds of us feel flabby in swimwear. And men are not immune: twice as many men as women said that seeing someone with a worse body than them made them feel better. Worryingly, it’s not just the bad figures men are looking at. One woman in three said her partner checks out other talent on the beach.