Getting married/moving in with a partner can make you fat

**Detonator** · 16-06-2009, 13:52

Couples who live together are more than twice as likely to become obese than those who live separately, new research shows.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ch-shows..html

Doesn't take the brains of an archbishop. Its raining outside, gotta stay fit to trap hot chicks... Oh no, no point anymore. Bint! Bring another pie!

**Whiskey_60** · 16-06-2009, 13:53

No, too much eating and not enough exercise makes you fat.

Its amazing people get paid to do this research.

**amazing__lobster** · 16-06-2009, 16:32

Originally Posted by Whiskey_60

No, too much eating and not enough exercise makes you fat.

Its amazing people get paid to do this research.

Not all research requires a paid grant, for example, this study only required a few questionnaires to be administered, and the data was probably analyzed by students completing their degree; so it would possibly have been a useful exercise for somebody to develop their research skills, and not really have cost anything.

Although considered in a wider context, these are useful findings; for example there is a problem with anorexia in the elderly; not like young person anorexia, but because of physiological changes of aging (e.g. effecting appetite regulation) and also the effect of some medications - causing malnourishment. Therefore, this study could go someway to suggest another factor in developing this; as in becoming widowed etc, may also mean less food is consumed.