Does being married make you fat? New study finds the truth and men are in trouble

Wedded to weight gain? New research shows a shocking link between marriage and excess pounds.A team from the National Institute of Cardiology in Warsaw, Poland, found that tying the knot can, in fact, make you overweight or obese — but it’s not the same for men and women.For men, marriage triples the risk of obesity — and increases the risk of being overweight by 62%.Conversely, marital status had no impact on obesity risk for women, but it did increase the risk of being overweight by 39%.The team also found that each year of age increased the risk for weight gain in both sexes.The US has the highest rates of obesity among high-income countries, with about 42% of men and 46% of women considered obese in 2021.Obesity increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases and several cancers.

There were 172 million obese and overweight adults over 25 in the US in 2021 — 214 million are expected by 2050.In this latest round of research, study authors analyzed data from 2,405 people (roughly half women, half men), with a median age of 50.Of this population, 35.3% were normal weight, 38.3% were overweight and 26.4% were obese.While getting hitched equated to packing on the pounds for both sexes, a stronger link was found between marriage and obesity in men, with wedded men 3.2 times more likely to develop obesity than bachelors.

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Never miss a story.Study authors found no significant difference in obesity between married and unmarried women; they attribute this discrepancy to gendered attitudes toward obesity in men versus women.This information echoes the findings of a previous study which found that men are more likely than women to gain weight after marriage.

That study, published in the journal Economics...