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40% of Italians are overweight

The Italians feel overweight even when they are not: 40% believe they have extra pounds compared to 26% of those who really should lose weight.

And 'what emerges from a survey conducted by market research institute of SWG, commissioned by Herbalife, and presented this morning in a conference organized dall'Adnkronos Health Information at the Palace in Rome.

The survey covered 1,000 people aged 18 to 64 years in Italy. Nearly one in 4 women literally hates the costume test, (23%) stress that affects only 8% of men. To improve the shape

Physical strategies adopted by the two sexes appear very different. 61% of women merely food and alcohol, compared with 59% of men who would rather increase physical activity and sport then. More lazy and sedentary women: almost one third of respondents (29%) does not in any physical activity, and sports women spend three hours of physical activity per week average, against the four men.

"On the other hand - said Andrea Strata, a professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Parma - it is interesting to note that even the use of diets 'do-it-yourself' is more common among women than among men ". From research, it follows that as much as 46% of women to improvise dietitian, compared to 29% of men. Although 37% of Italians feel the attention to the weight of "lifestyle" are therefore "especially women - said the expert - to feel almost constantly attentive to their diet or weight."

Respondents seem to be aware of the causes of their overweight: 34% believed he was doing little exercise and 20% eat too much, while only 18% to blame meals and snacks between meals.

According to the study, 63% of Italians would be normal weight and 5% severely overweight. Italians, however, in general, want to lose weight and
it 4 out of 10 in the survey responded that they want to lose weight by 5 pounds, 25% want to lose 2-3 and 24% even 10. In the study, which shows that the Italians feel overweight, often even when they are not, is drawn to the geography of those who weigh too much,
35% of men are overweight compared to 17% of women, while the regions in which Overweight is highest is the south by 38% and 39% with the islands, following the north-east with 25%. In any case, as many as 27% of Italians said they increased by 4 pounds since last summer.