Women tell almost 500 lies a year about their diet

"It was only a small portion," is women's favourite untruth, and one of nine lies told weekly by the average woman. It is followed by "I'll have a big lunch so I won't eat much after this", and "I only treat myself once in a while." Claiming always to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, never eating biscuits and only drinking one glass of wine a day are also common falsehoods,
 according  to a study released by Timex.