While being in a relationship（恋爱；有对象） has many advantages（优势）, it turns out there’s an unhealthy downside（坏处；缺点）, as well.
According to a new study（研究；学习）, which analyzed（分析） over a decade’s（十年） worth of data from more than 15,000adults, couples are more likely to gain weight（体重增加） than those who are single.
Researchers at Central QueenslandUniversity（中央昆士兰大学） in Australia assessed（评估） the data to determine（确定；决定） whether relationship status（状态） would affect a person’s ability to leada healthy lifestyle. Interestingly, while those in relationships were overall（总的来说；全部） healthier ‒ for instance, eating morefruits and vegetables and drinking less alcohol ‒ they tended to（倾向于） weigh 12.7 pounds more on average（平均）, The Sun reports.
Stephanie Schoeppe,the lead researcher on the team, hypothesized（猜测；假定） this could be due to（由于，归因于） a number of factors（因素）, including the likelihood（可能性） that those in a relationship worry lessabout how they look, or are impacted（影响） by having children.
“When couples don’t need to look attractive（有魅力的；有吸引力的） and slim（苗条） to attract a partner, they may feel morecomfortable in eating more, or eating more foods high in fat（脂肪） and sugar（糖）,” she told New Scientist, per TheSun.
Those with a significant other（重要的另一个人，另一半） also pack（包装；捆扎；在这也指增重/six-pack，腹肌发达）on an average of 3.9 pounds a year,according to the report.
“Marriage (or de-facto/实际存在的/ relationships) comes with spousal（结婚的；婚姻的。Spouse，配偶） obligations（义务；责任） such as regular family meals,” theresearchers said. “While they may include（包含；包括） more healthy foods such as fruits andvegetables and less fast food, people often consume（消费；消耗） larger portion（份；部分） sizes and more calories（卡路里） in the company of（在…的陪同下） others than they do alone, resulting in（导致；结果…） increased energy intake（能量摄入）,” the report states, per The Sun.
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