Calories are annoying for most people

A fixation on their own weight, most Germans find annoying

08/13/2014

Many Germans have become accustomed to constantly pay attention to their weight out of concern for excess pounds. What seems to make sense under health aspects, however, often has an exhausting or annoying effect on one's fellow human beings. So has a recent survey of „pharmacy magazine“ show that „More than 70 percent of men and women are annoyed by people who are constantly watching for their weight.“ Most respondents preferred a few pounds more than extremely thin people.

People who constantly count calories, avoid carbohydrates as much as possible, and immediately after every piece of chocolate or cake have to go to the gym for training because they are special „Paying attention to their weight, seven out of ten German citizens (71.3 percent) really get on their nerves“, so the message of „pharmacy magazine“. Although slimming is a common beauty ideal, slim ones do not seem to be popular with their fellow humans. Thus, the representative survey commissioned by the „pharmacy magazine“ revealed that very slender, thin people of more than one third of Germans are often perceived as uncomfortable and unsociable.

Calorie counting especially annoys men
Constant calorie counting works according to the results of the current survey, especially on men rather unpleasant. Of them, 76 percent said that they annoy the constant weight worries. Among women, 66.8 percent were bothered by the fixation of their fellow men on their own weight, reports the „pharmacy magazine“ continue. With superfluous kilos, most Germans would have no problems. „Three-quarters of women and men in Germany (76.9 percent) find the other gender a few pounds better than someone who is too thin“, so the message of the health magazine. Similarly, a similar number of respondents (74.9 percent) said that fat or overweight people can look very attractive.

Overweight people are considered undisciplined by many Germans
However, according to the results of the representative survey, there are reservations not only about thin people who are fixated on their figure, but also obese people are confronted with prejudices. So according to the announcement of the „pharmacy magazine“ just under a third of women and men (32.8 percent) admitted, „to think that fat or overweight people are undisciplined.“ As part of the survey, GfK Marktforschung Nürnberg commissioned 1,012 women and 965 men on behalf of the „pharmacy magazine“ interviewed. (Fp)