More Stupid Studies Revealed

Apparently, men no longer wear their large beer bellies with pride and it’s all thanks to footballer David Beckham. A study published yesterday suggested that up to 60 % of men dislike at least one aspect of their body with up to a third hating their stomach, a fifth unhappy with their legs and a quarter hate just about everything about their appearance.

Now I’ve heard some complete tosh before, but this pretty much takes the cheeseburger and large fries. Ok, so it’s fairly common for people to dislike parts of their body, but is this sudden change really all thanks to David Beckham and all those other football players who have the tendency to flash their annoyingly flat stomachs and pecks every time they score a goal?

I mean, how many blokes do you know actually nurture their lard bucket of a belly and take pride in its belt bursting presence? They may fill it with kebabs and copious amounts of beer every weekend, but I’m sure they don’t set out to look like a back end of a bus.

Nope, surely it’s got to be the general change in lifestyle choices where, thanks to lots of nagging, we’re all finally realising that a heart attack by the age of 40 is not really a good thing. It’s also been helped by the fact that going to the gym is no longer seen as being “a bit gay”. That, and the fact that women don’t like their men to look like an over weight hippopotamus.