Your weight loss efforts are contagious

When you shed excess weight, you’re not the only one who benefits. Your partner will be motivated to adopt a healthier lifestyle, too, a new study finds.

Couples’ lifestyle choices impact on obesity risk, study finds

The lifestyle a person shares with their partner has a greater influence on their chances of becoming obese than their upbringing, research suggests.

Confessions of a chocoholic: BHF survey reveals almost half of UK adults have lied to their partner about how much chocolate they’re eating

Almost half (43%) of UK adults have lied to their partner about how much chocolate they’re eating, according to new figures released as part of the new British Heart Foundation (BHF) DECHOXTM…

Does your spouse have type 2 diabetes? You could also be at risk

Although we learn to share many things when living with a partner, type 2 diabetes is not usually on the list. But new research from McGill University Health Centre in Canada suggests that if a person has type 2 diabetes, their partner is more likely to have or develop it.This is according to a study published in the journal BMC Medicine.