Dieting is so easy with your partner

BEING in a relationship with someone who is going to a slimming class or dieting can help you lose weight, research has discovered.

When one member of a couple starts eating healthily and watching their weight, the other appears to benefit from the lifestyle change.

Researchers from the University of Connecticut tracked the weight of 130 couples over six months, in which just one person had been given a weight loss strategy and found their partners lost 3% of their weight.

Lead author Professor Amy Gorin said there had been a ‘ripple effect’, adding: ‘When one person changes their behaviour, the people around them change.’

The partners lost an average of 3lb after three months and 4.5lb after six months.