Researchers who followed 6,949 U.S. adolescents into young adulthood found that those who married were more than twice as likely to become obese than those who just kept dating. Obesity was up to three times higher in married versus dating partners. Couples who lived together reported less physical activity, more TV and computer time and other obesity-promoting behaviours that they risk passing along to their offspring. // related: Does marriage make you fat?
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