Living together makes women fatter, men healthier

Co-habiting seems to make men healthier, and women fatter, studies from the U.K. and Australia have shown.

After moving in together, men tend to eat healthier, leaner foods, while women tend to gravitate towards creamier, more fatty foods. Men begin to eat not only less meat, but less food generally. Women do the opposite. The BBC reported that the researchers said each partner is tries to please the other, moving more towards the partner's former eating preferences.

A U.S. study of 9,043 women showed that marriage itself is a leads to weight gain, and getting out of a marriage leads to weight loss.

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