More To Love? Study Shows Marriage Linked to Obesity

We've all heard the old saying "Letting yourself go." More often than not, this has been attributed to gaining weight once people are in a solid relationship. While it may be easy to laugh this concept off, a recent study is believed to have proven a link between obesity and marriage.

Researchers followed 6,949 American adolescents into young adulthood report that those who married proved twice as likely to reach obesity as opposed to their single/dating counterparts. Living together also suffered similar results with higher odds of weight gain. Women were more greatly affected than men.

Reasons behind the unhealthy weight gain are attributed to more frequency of eating and larger portions when eating. Many people already make note of their own lack of ambition to keep up with fitness once they have "hooked" and been "hooked" in return.

A good question to ask is: Do we really stop working once we're off the market? Hopefully this article will serve as a warning to couples everywhere to focus on getting and staying healthy. Ask yourself the last time you and your partner set goals of weight loss and exercise. If it's been awhile, it's time to get yourselves in gear. Make sure you do everything you can to support (not nag) one another about being healthy. Watch what food gets brought home and what temptations (eating out, drinking) you present to one another.

Time also proved to be a factor as partners who lived together over two years showed higher results. On a bright note, married people tend to overall be healthier and live longer than single individuals. The full article on the relationship/obesity study can be found here in the Calgary Herald.