Is shedding weight on your list of new year resolutions? It is time to shed bad perceptions about your body

If shedding weight is on your New Years resolution list then scientists suggests that losing the critical thoughts and negative perceptions about your boy may be a bette idea.

Every year, many of us pledge to work harder at being healthy, losing weight it eating more veggies. Researchers from the Florida university in the US tested a new programme encouraging body acceptance and saw dramatic results.

Body dissatisfaction is a pervasive problem, especially among young women. Over the past 35 years, the ideal body type had become virtually unattainable for most people, and that creates a mismatch with reality.