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Women worry about their looks 252 times/ week

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 LONDON: A survey has shown that women are constantly concerned by their appearance and worry about ageing. One hundred women were asked to carry a clicker in an experiment to measure how many times they felt anxiety about their bodies ageing. Over a seven day period, the women aged 35 to 69 had to use the clicker every time they worried about their face, body, or appearance in general. On average, the women surveyed had negative thoughts 36 times a day. One of the participants, Loose Women presenter Sherrie Hewson, 59, said: "It brought to the fore how many women have issues. "Listening to others, they are saying what I'm saying when you think it's only you. "There are so many of us there's got to be a common denominator, so we've got to get together and change it, change us." Sherrie, who had a facelift ten years ago, clicked 1,400 times over seven days but admitted she thought it would be more. In her waking hours, she