Joint winner with pear-shape as the least favoured body part is the stomach. There are few women who are the proud owners of a toned tummy and those that are are either genetic freaks or work out relentlessly to achieve concrete control. The rest remain burdened by flab that has a life of its own. It's a ghastly affliction, this whole tummy thing, because the goal of any exercise programme is a six-pack. We're driven to believe that it's not possible to have a beautiful body with fat hanging over your waistband. This is terrible for any of us who have so much as looked at a doughnut or even thought about sprogs, let alone heaved one of the wretched things out. We understand that childbirth, like a normal, healthy appetite can do terrible things to the body, but without surgery it's damn near impossible to firm up skin that has been stretched beyond redemption. So, if you can't beat it, conceal it.