Depressing Study Alert: Women Go On Twice As Many Diets In Lifetime As They Have Lovers

Women Go On Twice As Many Diets In Lifetime As They Have Lovers
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While we already know that Blue Monday is a load of crap, smiles were well and truly wiped off our faces when we learnt that women (note: some not all) go on twice as many diets as they have lovers.

Seriously, WTF? *Consoles self with chocolate bar*

While we're not here to promote promiscuity - although, granted, it can be good fun - the fact that women feel the need to go on so many diets throughout their lifetime is pretty damn depressing.

It also provides even more reason to support Say No To January, our month-long campaign that says no to detox, restriction and the subtraction from your life in favour of positive change.

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According to the study, conducted by Forza Supplements, the average woman diets 16 times in her life, while the notches on her bed post total just half that amount.

Women, the findings reveal, will typically go on diets at least four times in their 20s, five times in their 30s and a further six times in their 40s.

And nearly two-thirds (59%) of women confessed they'd been on more diets than they'd had lovers.

Personally, when it comes to fatty takeaway and a box of chocolates with a significant other or a stalk of celery on your lonesome, we know what we'd rather...

Meet Our Body Image Heroes
Lady Gaga(01 of12)
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After the media focused on her alleged weight gain in September 2012, Gaga hit back at critics by baring her body in photographs, sharing her struggles with an eating disorder, and inviting her fans to join her in a "body revolution." (credit:Facebook)
Adele(02 of12)
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Adele says she tries not to worry about her body image and doesn't want to be a "skinny minnie." "The first thing to do is be happy with yourself and appreciate your body -- only then should you try to change things about yourself." (credit:Facebook)
Rebel Wilson(03 of12)
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The actress took to Twitter to say, "I'm not trying to be hot. I'm just trying to be a good actress and entertain people." (credit:Facebook)
Ashley Judd(04 of12)
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After the March 2012 frenzy around Judd's "puffy face," the actress fought back in The Daily Beast, calling the media out for making women's bodies "a source of speculation, ridicule, and invalidation, as if they belong to others." (credit:Facebook)
Allison Tate(05 of12)
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Tate's essay about body image and motherhood not only broke the Internet; it has sparked a movement of "moms who stay in the picture." (credit:Allison Tate)
Autumn Whitefield Madrano(06 of12)
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On her informed, thoughtful blog "The Beheld," Autumn writes about beauty, body image, appearance and her two -- that's right, two -- mirror fasts. (credit:Facebook)
Kjerstin Gruys(07 of12)
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Gruys went on a year-long mirror fast during which she did not study her reflection in mirrors or other reflective surfaces, or look at photographs of herself. (credit:Facebook)
Christina Aguilera(08 of12)
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"I am always in support of someone who is willing and comfortable in their own skin enough to embrace it," the singer said in a recent interview. (credit:Facebook)
Lena Dunham(09 of12)
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At the 2012 New Yorker Festival, the magazine's TV critic, Emily Nussbaum, asked Lena Dunham, producer, creator and star of the hit HBO show "Girls," why Dunham is naked in so many scenes. Dunham responded, "I realized that what was missing in movies for me was the presence of bodies I understood." She said she plans to live until she is 105 and show her thighs every day. (credit:Facebook)
Alexa Chung(10 of12)
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Chung responded to critics who suggested that her slight frame made her a bad role model for young women, saying:"Just because I exist in this shape doesn't mean that I'm, like, advocating it." (credit:Facebook)
Stella Boonshoft(11 of12)
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The NYU student started the amazing Body Love Blog, where she posted this picture of herself and wrote an open letter to those who feel entitled to shame others for the size or look of their bodies. (credit:Facebook)
Beth Ditto(12 of12)
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This 5-foot-tall, 200-pound singer spoke openly about her weight to The Advocate, saying, "I feel sorry ... for people who've had skinny privilege and then have it taken away from them. I have had a lifetime to adjust to seeing how people treat women who aren't their idea of beautiful and therefore aren't their idea of useful, and I had to find ways to become useful to myself." (credit:Facebook)

We put the study to our Twitter followers, who were less than impressed...

What do you think of the findings? Let us know in the comments below. Or Tweet us @HuffPoLifestyle with the hashtag #SayNoToJan

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