When women move in with a partner, we get fat. No, REALLY? Okay, so not always, but very often living with your mate causes you to simply ... gain weight. Go and get knocked up? More weight.
Mayo Clinic -
Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health followed the relationship status of about 7,000 young adults. Relationship status was self-reported as single, dating, cohabiting (living with a partner, but not married) or married. The study found that regardless of relationship status, both men and women were at risk of being overweight but the risk was higher overall for women. Cohabitating increased the odds of becoming obese for women by 63 percent, compared with only 30 percent for men. Marriage doubled the risk of obesity for both men and women — 107 percent for men and 127 percent for women.
Another study, the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, looked at weight gain in women. It found that over the 10-year study period:
- Single women gained about 11 pounds
- Women with partners gained about 15 pounds
- Women with partners and a baby gained about 20 pounds
Although having a baby had a greater effect on 10-year weight gain, the influence of living with a partner was also substantial.
I never had a chance. I moved in with Mr. at age 18 and gradually climbed up in weight from about 195 lbs to 320 lbs during the span of 1997 - 2002. ZOINKS! But, it was so easy to DO in a lifestyle like this! We were not your typical situation, well, maybe a stereotypical one, young, unmarried and poor. The less money we made, the worse my grocery choices GOT.
It wasn't simply because I "let myself go," due to catching a man. SNORT. I never 'GOT THERE' to BEGIN WITH! I was a kid!
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