Spouses Benefit from Partner’s Weight Loss Program

Weight loss by one spouse, whether in a structured formal program or not, also frequently spread to spouses, according to results from a randomized trial reported.

Participants in the study were assigned to Weight Watchers or a self-guided weight loss intervention, but Amy Gorin, PhD, of the University of Connecticut, and colleagues found that BMI change trajectories were correlated for spouses in both study arms — such that when one member of a couple lost weight, usually so did the other.

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