Celebs pile pressure on new mums to lose weight

WOMEN are facing growing pressure to regain their figures quickly after giving birth, with “super-fit” celebrity mothers adding to their anxiety, research has found.

Almost half of mothers (45%) said that after having their baby their main concern was to lose the weight they had put on during pregnancy.

More than four out of five (85%) thought celebrity mothers, such as Liz Hurley, Victoria Beckham and Catherine Zeta Jones - who make it look easy to regain their shape - were sending out the wrong message to women.