With age comes body confidence

WOMEN in their 60s are more confident about the way that they look than any other age group, a poll has suggested.

More than two-thirds of women aged 60 to 70 said they feel confident about their appearance, compared with only about half of twentysomethings. The 70-to-79-year-old age group was the second-most assured, with 57 per cent liking what they see in the mirror.

The survey of 1,000 British women, by collagen brand So Body Co, found that a third of women of all ages have grown in confidence with age.

Previous studies have also found that while older women are more concerned about their bodies’ abilities, they view the way they look more positively than younger subjects.