In a poll conducted with 25,000 people in the United Kingdom, for BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat, half of women say that there are "lots they would change" about themselves and more than ten percent say they "hate" their body.
While the average waist size is 16 in the U.K., two thirds of women size 14 believe they are overweight, while another third of women who are size 12 feel the same way.
Dr. Dee Dawson, head of the Rhodes Farm eating disorders clinic in London, explains, "As long as we are subjected to pictures of very thin models, like we saw at London Fashion Week, are we surprised that women are disappointed with their own bodies?"
"They feel that they are overweight even though they are really not, and they are feeling despondent about it. They think they should look like those models but they are people who are starving themselves and are not healthy."
Dr. Dawson says, "Quite clearly, plastic surgery or skipping meals is not the way forward. People need to realize they should not be trying to look like these girls."
As for men, 49 percent say that they're "okay" with their appearance, with ten percent going so far as to say that they're "very happy" with the way they looked.
According to the U.K. newspaper, the Daily Mail, the results come as a controversial plastic surgery group announced it is offering interest-free loans to patients. The offer by the Transform Medical Group means women can have a face lift or breast enlargement and not pay interest for 12 months.
