Commitment is linked to weight gain finds a new study published in the July issue of the journal Obesity, reports an article in New Scientist. When researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill followed weight shifts and relationship status of nearly 7,000 men and women for several years they found that married people are twice as likely to become obese as men and women who are dating.

What's more, it was not only commitment as defined by marriage that led people to pack on a pouch. The study also found that women who moved in with a romantic … Read More

Just in case you needed another reason not to get married, scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) have come up with a big one: marriage makes you fat. And not just a little bit. According to their research, married people are twice as likely to become obese as those who are merely dating.

We know what you're thinking: In that case, why not just shack up and not get married?

Oh, if only it were that easy.

After following the weight and relationship status of 6,949 individuals for several years, the UNC nutrition epidemiologists found that even unmarried … Read More

With the exception of minor things like a two-front war, out-of-control healthcare costs, crumbling infrastructure, a nasty addiction to dwindling fossil fuels and a somewhat less sanguine global outlook*, the biggest problems most Americans face are obesity and a cash crunch.

Every week or so, this space throws out a fun relationship suggestion that's easy on the wallet. This time around, it's exercise.

First of all, exercise is a virtual panacea. Per research that I have no way of substantiating, sedentary lifestyles cause more deaths than smoking. A little exercise (say, sweating 3 times per week for 20-30 minutes per … Read More

Seventeen is the magic age for a young lady's loss of virginity and seven is the average "number" for a woman -- whether she is overweight or of a more slender size.

A study of 6,700 women out of Oregon and Hawaii also shows zaftig gals sleep with the same number of sexual partners per year, as well as during their lifetime, according to the Seattle Times. The study examined the hetereosexual activity of women ages 15 to 44 from a variety of racial and economic backgrounds and, cleverly, weeded out all the pregnant ladies.

Surprising, … Read More

Turns out, a lot of people do. Overweight people, people who are married to overweight people. A friend introduced me to the site (myfatspouse.com), and, at first glance, I was sure it would be thread after thread of average-weight husbands and wives complaining about their, well, fat spouses.

The tag line is "It is disrespectful to willingly become unattractive to your life partner."

What it turned out to be is mildly addictive. In a fly-on-the-wall-of-the-therapist's-office kind of way. Both sides of the coin are represented, big and being married to big, and they talk … Read More