Married men three times more likely to be obese than unmarried men, says study (news.sky.com)
from Sunshine@lemmy.ca to science@mander.xyz on 13 Mar 18:26
https://lemmy.ca/post/40611171

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JMorningstar@lemmy.world on 13 Mar 18:29 next collapse

In other news, water is wet.

jqubed@lemmy.world on 13 Mar 18:44 next collapse

My wife’s a really good cook, okay?

doingthestuff@lemy.lol on 13 Mar 19:05 next collapse

On the plus side, if you have kids they’re statistically less likely to end up in prison.

MuAraeOracle@real.lemmy.fan on 13 Mar 19:45 next collapse

👶 Thanks spherical dad 🪐 for keeping me out of prison.

Kusimulkku@lemm.ee on 14 Mar 00:40 collapse

On the plus side

Heh

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org on 13 Mar 19:13 next collapse

We’ve all noticed this, right? Some of it is just age, but my dad ballooned just after he married and I doubt it was a coincidence.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world on 13 Mar 19:14 next collapse

In my experience, when a couple moves in together (ideally on the way to getting married), their thiccness level slowly converges until they reach an equilibrium on being thicc in the britches.

Which can be good or bad. I’ve seen friends get healthier and gain unwanted weight. I’m just a neutral observer. Some people need more meat on their bones. Some people need to hike every weekend instead of drinking a 30 rack watching sports or playing on the computer or whatever. Ideally, a couple adopts each other’s best qualities.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 13 Mar 19:19 next collapse

Well, I am not one of those unmarried men. I’m a really good cook, okay?

witty_username@feddit.nl on 13 Mar 19:28 next collapse

Is this correlation related to marriage specifically or can it also be observed in long-term, stable, cohabiting relationships?
In either case, what does this suggest?

catloaf@lemm.ee on 13 Mar 19:31 next collapse

I’d also like to see if they controlled for age. I’m currently on my phone so I’m not when going to bother hunting down the study.

witty_username@feddit.nl on 13 Mar 19:41 collapse

Age is mentioned as a contributing factor in the news piece so they seem to have at least investigated both marriage and age (in addition to depression).
The news piece doesn’t appear to link to any published study. They do mention that the findings will be presented so perhaps a peer-reviewed publication will follow too?

Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world on 13 Mar 21:15 next collapse

Anecdotally: I gained 50 pounds when my fiancé moved in, because like another comment said I stopped skipping meals like I did when I lived alone.

some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org on 13 Mar 23:33 next collapse

See my other comment. We are not married. In fact, I started gaining weight before she officially moved in.

angrystego@lemmy.world on 14 Mar 10:23 collapse

That people presented with food are unable to regulate the amount they eat in a healthy way.

hmonkey@lemy.lol on 13 Mar 19:33 next collapse

As a single man I’d skip meals without even realizing, but now we plan meals together and if I don’t say anything she will, so I don’t miss many meals now

Raiderkev@lemmy.world on 13 Mar 20:55 collapse

It’s worse if you add kids into the mix too.

menjegfikk@lemmynsfw.com on 13 Mar 21:13 next collapse

Why? Do they taste bad or something?

Reddfugee42@lemmy.world on 14 Mar 02:35 collapse

They have a lot of calories

Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world on 13 Mar 21:13 collapse

At one point with my kids I’d just skip my normal dinner and eat the Mac and cheese and chicken nuggets they didn’t.

Raiderkev@lemmy.world on 13 Mar 22:07 collapse

With me it’s usually I’m not hungry, and then they are so I have to make them something, but then like u said, I end up eating their leftovers after they eat 3 bites, but I’d otherwise not be eating at all til I was hungry.

avidamoeba@lemmy.ca on 13 Mar 20:20 next collapse

Basically the rule among the average Balkan slavs, across sexes. :D

SaladKing@lemm.ee on 13 Mar 22:09 next collapse

Yeah, this is currently my problem. We don’t have anyone to help take care of the children. I cannot exercise if I don’t wake up at like 4am (all the gums are closed) and ride my bike. This takes a toll on me however.

IonAddis@lemmy.world on 13 Mar 23:56 next collapse

(all the gums are closed)

I don’t know why, but I find this typo hilarious.

SaladKing@lemm.ee on 14 Mar 09:31 collapse

Lmao, meant gyms. Freaken swipe keyboard.

toynbee@lemmy.world on 14 Mar 13:57 collapse
SirActionSack@aussie.zone on 14 Mar 01:55 collapse

You cannot excercise your way to weightloss without also make serious diet changes.

SaladKing@lemm.ee on 14 Mar 09:31 next collapse

The thing is that I am eating very little. I am also almost in my 40s so my metabolism has started to slow down.

toynbee@lemmy.world on 14 Mar 13:58 next collapse

Perhaps you did not read their username!

Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de on 15 Mar 09:43 collapse

people always say this but like, do you just think 50kg of fat is the same thing as 50kg of muscle?

ChairmanMeow@programming.dev on 15 Mar 09:53 collapse

It’s not, but without a diet change you’re unlikely to convert fat into muscle like that.

peoplebeproblems@midwest.social on 13 Mar 22:16 next collapse

Can confirm. Separated a year ago. I’m down 90lbs

Reddfugee42@lemmy.world on 14 Mar 02:35 collapse

She only weighed 90lbs?!

peoplebeproblems@midwest.social on 14 Mar 11:14 collapse

Coincidentally when we met in highschool we were both toothpicks and she was 90lbs and I was like 115lbs.

tacosanonymous@lemm.ee on 13 Mar 23:05 next collapse

Buzz feed tomorrow: You’ll Never Guess the New Greatest Diet

some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org on 13 Mar 23:33 next collapse

As soon as my partner started cooking all our meals I gained weight. When it was just my lazy ass feeding me, I ate simple things like a sandwich, noodles, or a microwave meal. I have no idea what she puts in the food (it’s delicious) but the caloric intake is higher than when I was feeding myself.

NotLemming@lemm.ee on 14 Mar 00:16 collapse

Butter probably. I read somewhere that restaurant food is more tasty because they put lots more butter and sugar in it.

[deleted] on 13 Mar 23:49 next collapse

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Smokeydope@lemmy.world on 14 Mar 00:36 collapse

“The fuck is a wog”

does internet search

“okay cool English specific term for darker colored foreigner ethnicity people but apparently its a derogatory racial slur so why would someone identify themselves as one?”

Serious question by the way, is that like your cultures version of “we’ve appropriated a word you used to insult our kind and now pridefully incorporate it as a positive association word into our minority culture, and theres nothing you racist squares can do about it” or am I missing something?

[deleted] on 14 Mar 00:46 next collapse

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Smokeydope@lemmy.world on 14 Mar 00:55 next collapse

Learn something new every day, thanks for sharing the context :)

dumblederp@aussie.zone on 14 Mar 00:57 collapse

In Australia it’s an acceptable term, eg the movie “The Wog Boy”. In London it’s akin n to the n-word and not appropriate, I think London uses it as an abbreviation of golliwog, those racist dolls.

AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works on 14 Mar 13:36 collapse

its a derogatory racial slur so why would someone identify themselves as one?"

Reclaiming slurs is cool. Less power to those who would use them against us. One of the reasons I don’t agree with the trend of constantly moving towards whatever the politically correct language of the day is. We’re just handing more insults to the assholes.

See sh.itjust.works/post/31758327 for related discussion

nuko147@lemm.ee on 14 Mar 00:52 next collapse

It is only three times more, because they count the unmarried men in relationship. Versus single men i bet the probability is >x10.

dditty@lemm.ee on 14 Mar 01:02 next collapse

The guy in the picture does not look obese to me, just overweight

zerofatorial@lemm.ee on 14 Mar 11:27 next collapse

Where is the source data for this article? It doesn’t seem to have any associated research document in its contents

werefreeatlast@lemmy.world on 14 Mar 13:48 next collapse

When we stop fucking, but keep eating, our bodies have to do something.

Gladaed@feddit.org on 14 Mar 14:40 collapse

Why do the unmarrieds be more obese then?

JasSmith@sh.itjust.works on 14 Mar 14:54 collapse

They are not. They are apparently much less likely to be obese.

Didros@beehaw.org on 14 Mar 16:38 collapse

Fishermen return with less bait than they sailed out to sea with. News at 11