Who are you slimming for?

A new study reveals that when a partner in a relationship starts to lose weight and trim the flab it indicates that they are thinking of moving on. Don't feel too flattered if your partner starts losing weight - it might be for somebody else. Happy couples don't worry about their expanding waistlines because there is less pressure to look attractive, sociologists claim.  So if your other half is suddenly half the man or woman they used to be are you the next weight they are planning to shed.

Don't feel too flattered if your partner starts losing weight - it might be for somebody else. Happy Consequently, when one half in a relationship starts slimming down it can be interpreted as 'preparing for the partner market'.

Professor Klein, of the University of Heidelberg, added: 'People in a relationship feel less pressure and often put on weight as they do not watch their weight so much.
Content: Happy couples don't worry about their expanding waistlines because there is less pressure to look attractive, sociologists claim

Content: Happy couples don't worry about their expanding waistlines because there is less pressure to look attractive, sociologists claim

'In a happy partnership, people tend to get fat. With less competition, the weight difference is low.'

But a crisis in a relationship can end the gluttony, he says. And that could end up with both partners dropping weight.

Researchers studied more than 2,000 people aged between 16 and 55. Among the findings was that people in couples generally weighed more than single people hoping to attract a partner in a  competitive dating market.

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