Wedding waistlines: Why getting tying the knot makes men put on the weight

A study found that tying the knot can change men’s eating habits and expand their waistlines.

14:08 04 August 2014

A study commissioned by the Men’s Health Forum has found that married men tend to be fatter than their single counter parts – because tying the knot changes their eating habits. 

 

A team of researchers from Leeds Metropolitan University suggested that when men get married, they develop a sweet tooth and treat themselves to more buns, cakes, pastries, and fruit pies than single men. They are also more likely to drink “significantly” more wine. 

 

Tam Fry, an obesity expert who has been married for almost 50 years, said: ‘The problem is that men have done all the hard work.

 

‘They’ve taken the woman out to dinner and made a fuss of her and all that stuff and now it’s payback time.

 

‘The woman looks after her husband and the man just sits back and gets fat.’

 

Mr Fry, from the National Obesity Forum, went on to say: ‘I have to think of my own circumstances. My wife cooks for a small army and I have to be very careful how much I eat. The woman wants to please the man.

 

‘You can get to a man through his stomach – but it’s really up to the man to work out whether he wants to be a slob.’