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Love and Weight Gain

Posted June 6, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Megan Hueter

Section: In The News, His Health, Physical Health, Lifestyle Health, His Nutrition, Healthy Eating

Today, Katherine Hobson wrote a very interesting blog post about the association between being in love and gaining weight. Apparently this is a common trend and you can prevent it from happening.

Researchers found that young women who were dating gained an average of 15 pounds over five years, those women who were cohabiting but not married gained 18 pounds, and the newly married gained 24 pounds. The men saw a similar upward trend, albeit with no difference between the dating and cohabiting groups.

Why is this happening? Hobson says that research indicates, “Eating a meal with another person, no matter the relationship to you, can boost the amount of food eaten by 33 percent.” Crazy!

Apparently, he effect holds for exercise, too. Hobson gives the example, “Hopping out of bed at 5:30 a.m. for a pre-work spinning class may seem much less attractive if you now have a late riser sleeping next to you.”

This is a very interesting topic that should be explored more. I always hear my friends complaining about how they got into a relationship and suddenly gained ten pounds. Comfort is a funny thing.

Check out Hobson’s post to see some strategies you can do to prevent the weight gain.

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