‘Getting Married Makes You Add Weight’ – Study
Getting married really isn’t good for your weight, researchers have found.
They say that married couples have higher body mass index (BMI) than those who are single.
Researchers at the University of Basel and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development worked with GfK to compare the body mass index of married couples with that of singles in nine European countries.
They found married couples on average eat better than singles, but that they also weigh significantly more and do less sport.
The results of their study have now been published in the journal Social Science & Medicine.
The researchers compared the relationship between marital status and body mass index, which relates body weight to height.
According to the World Health Organization, a normal body mass index is between 18.5 and 25. Overweight is defined as an index between 25 and 30, and obesity as above 30.
The average body mass index of the single men in the study was 25.7; that of the married men was 26.3. For women, the average index was 25.1 for singles and 25.6 for married women.
‘Our findings show …that the institution of marriage and certain changes in behavior within that context are directly related to nutrition and body weight,’ says Ralph Hertwig, Director of the Center for Adaptive Rationality at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin.
The study also shows that married men do less sport than singles.
Source: DailyMail
Lol they are not far from the truth sha
Message.. Lies getting married doesn’t make one add weight abeg
Married women gain weight mostly after childbirth
Lol, I don’t know if this is research can b used as a yardstick, but it is true for me.I really added weight when I got married& it got out of hand when the kids started coming
This is so right. I have seen a lot of married peeps add weight after wedding.
Lol I agree with this research o
Hmmmmm!
Hmmm. They are somehow correct.
Very true
Well, I do not totally agree. To adding weight depends on individual life style.
Very correct to me, i was size 8 b4 i got married, but after child birth my size increased to 12
I know lots of single and overweight people, so knock it off.
interesting research!!
on the majority, they are right.
I think child bearing for women causes it. And for me, they don’t fees well when they were single and living alone so when they get married, they r being taken care by their wives
Yes ad noo!
Not far from the truth sha
This is basically true for me
Sooo true…I think I’ve added a lil nw am married..!
On point lol
Love will do that to u
Very true