Mar 19, 2010, 13:28 GMT
Athens - A Greek study published Friday has found that married men and women are twice as likely to become obese as those who remain single.
According to a study, which was published in the Greek daily Kathimerini newspaper and was expected to be presented at a conference on obesity in Athens, abdominal obesity, or belly fat is a major problem among married people.
Dimitris Kiortsis, president of the Hellenic Association for Obesity, was quoted as saying that 'poor nutrition and a lack of exercise were mostly to blame for the phenomenon.'
The survey, conducted on 17,341 Greeks aged between 20 and 70, showed married men to be three times as likely to suffer from this form of obesity as their single counterparts.
Abdominal obesity is also seen as a major problem among married women who are twice as likely to have the problem compared to those who remain unmarried.
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