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Have Bod Like Jennifer Aniston, Or $1M

Women may say they'd do anything to have a figure like their favorite celebrity. But would they really?

An online poll conducted by Women's Day magazine and AOL Body asked women if they'd rather have Jennifer Aniston's physique or be a millionaire. Some 6,900 responded.

Only 22 percent said they'd prefer to look like Aniston, while 78 percent said they'd rather have the money.

Although every woman has her own answer to the question and reasons for it, some health care professionals are concerned about the survey's results.

"This survey maybe does suggest that women may be choosing wealth over health," observes clinical psyhcologist Rene Zweig. "Jennifer Aniston is seen as having the ideal body: She's toned, she's muscular, and she's not particularly underweight."

Zweig says she'd hope women would value being fit more than they do being rich.

"It's already an uphill battle for medical professionals to get people to a healthy weight; 65 percent of Americans are overweight. And if their values are not to be attractive and healthy, that would be concerning."

The survey also asked, "How do you feel about your body." Only 11 percent said great. Fifty-nine percent said OK, with some trouble spots, and 30 percent said they felt uncomfortable and ashamed.

"That really doesn't make very much sense," points out dietician Keri Glassman. "People are saying, 'I don't like the way I feel, I'm ashamed of my body, I'm uncomfortable, yet I'd rather have money than look great and be healthy.' "

Glassman says Americans should rethink what's important: "I think this survey absolutely points to the fact that our values are a little off."

But a lot of American women say they'd still prefer hard currency to hard abs.

"That just sounds like typical women," remarked one young woman on a Manhattan street. "We're very materialistic, so money comes first, especially if you can buy the body with the million dollars!"

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