Irish Wedding News
14/03/2014
It turns out marriage can be bad for you – especially if you are a woman.
This is because, according to a new study by Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, new brides gain the most weight in the first half year following their wedding.
One possible explanation for this is because a number of women undergo a strict diet regime to lose weight before their big day.
Experts looked at almost 350 brides for the study and while half of those women wanted to lose weight before their wedding, the average bride's weight didn't change. However, in the six months following the wedding, the women had gained an average of 4.7lbs, while those who had dieted before their big day had gained "significantly" more weight afterwards.
The team claim that the results show how wedding-related weight change may be an important factor in the body image of newlyweds.
For example, one in three brides said they had been advised to lose weight by their fiancé or a family member before their wedding. Those who aimed to lose weight before their wedding set out lose up 20lbs, but those who managed to lose weight before their wedding put on an average of 7.1lbs within the first six months after their wedding.
While brides who felt more pressure to lose weight to squeeze into their white dress gained up to 9.9lbs afterwards – almost three times more than brides who were not pressured to lose weight.
The findings, which have been published in the journal Body Image, said it was "the first explicit examination of weight both pre and post wedding to determine whether one's wedding day can be a driver for weight change.
"In general, post-wedding weight gain is not surprising and is perhaps a result of more relaxed dietary and physical activity habits now that the newlyweds no longer have a special event - and wedding photographs - for which to motivate themselves.
"It is equally possible that this weakened motivation for maintaining body weight is due to participants feeling like they have already 'snagged' their man and therefore no longer need to work on their appearance."
(JP)
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Women Gain Weight After Their Wedding
It turns out marriage can be bad for you – especially if you are a woman.
This is because, according to a new study by Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, new brides gain the most weight in the first half year following their wedding.
One possible explanation for this is because a number of women undergo a strict diet regime to lose weight before their big day.
Experts looked at almost 350 brides for the study and while half of those women wanted to lose weight before their wedding, the average bride's weight didn't change. However, in the six months following the wedding, the women had gained an average of 4.7lbs, while those who had dieted before their big day had gained "significantly" more weight afterwards.
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The team claim that the results show how wedding-related weight change may be an important factor in the body image of newlyweds.
For example, one in three brides said they had been advised to lose weight by their fiancé or a family member before their wedding. Those who aimed to lose weight before their wedding set out lose up 20lbs, but those who managed to lose weight before their wedding put on an average of 7.1lbs within the first six months after their wedding.
While brides who felt more pressure to lose weight to squeeze into their white dress gained up to 9.9lbs afterwards – almost three times more than brides who were not pressured to lose weight.
The findings, which have been published in the journal Body Image, said it was "the first explicit examination of weight both pre and post wedding to determine whether one's wedding day can be a driver for weight change.
"In general, post-wedding weight gain is not surprising and is perhaps a result of more relaxed dietary and physical activity habits now that the newlyweds no longer have a special event - and wedding photographs - for which to motivate themselves.
"It is equally possible that this weakened motivation for maintaining body weight is due to participants feeling like they have already 'snagged' their man and therefore no longer need to work on their appearance."
(JP)
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