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Researchers have found that when one member of a couple commits to losing weight, the chances are good their partner will lose weight too, even if they are not actively participating in a weight loss intervention.
The study followed 130 couples—defined as partners living together—for six months, during which one person in each relationship followed a weight loss program. The couples were divided into two groups. In the first group, one partner in each couple joined an organized weight loss program, with access to targeted counseling and dedicated online tools.
In the other, one partner in each couple was given a handout with advice about healthy diet, exercise, and strategies for weight management. This “self-guided” group received no further guidance.
The findings showed that the untreated partners of both groups who had not been directly participating in the weight loss program or given the weight management handouts had also lost weight, alongside their significant others.
“When one person changes their behavior, the people around them change,” said the study’s lead investigator, University of Connecticut Professor Amy Gorin, qualifying this tendency as a “ripple effect.” “How we change our eating habits can affect others in both positive and negative ways. On the positive side, spouses might emulate their partner’s behaviors and join them in counting calories, weighing themselves often, and eating lower-fat foods.”
Whether your patients are looking to achieve their own weight-loss goals or have expressed wanting to work with their significant other to improve both of their weight-loss efforts, you may want to consider talking to them about the ReShape Balloon™ weight loss program. The program offers patients the only weight loss balloon proven to help patients lose up to 81 pounds in six months.* In addition to the non-surgical, dual weight loss gastric balloon, patients also receive 12 months of personalized coaching, education, targeted online tools, and the support they’ll need to sustain a healthy lifestyle and keep the weight off for good.
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*Results and patient experience may vary.
