Weight Loss Not Always Beneficial for Romantic Relationships
减肥通常对人类健康是有益的，但是当一个浪漫关系中的一个伴侣失去体重时，它并不总是会对这种关系产生积极影响。根据北卡罗来纳州立大学和德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的新研究，如果双方都没有颁布健康的变化，则可能会有“黑暗的一面”来减轻体重。
“人们需要意识到，减肥可以改变关系，无论好坏，这种交流在维持健康的关系中起着重要的作用，” NC State的交流助理教授Lynsey Romo博士说有关研究的论文。
For the study, researchers surveyed 21 couples – 42 adults – from across the country. One partner in each couple had lost 30 or more pounds in less than two years, with an average weight loss of about 60 pounds. Reasons for the weight loss ranged from changes in diet and exercise to medical procedures. The questionnaires asked each member of the couple about the impact of the weight loss on their relationship.
研究人员发现，体重减轻后，夫妻的交流通常会因良好而改变。减肥的伴侣更有可能谈论健康的行为，并激发他/她的伴侣维持或实现健康的生活方式。双方都接受这些健康变化的夫妇报告了更多积极的相互作用，并增加了身体和情感亲密关系。
然而,在某些情况下,减肥导致东北gative communication. Some partners who lost weight nagged their significant other to follow their lead, which caused tension in the relationship. Other partners who hadn’t lost weight reported feeling threatened and insecure by their partner’s weight loss. These participants were resistant to change in their relationships. They would make critical comments toward their significant other, be less interested in sex, or try to sabotage their partner with unhealthy food in order to derail their partner’s efforts and prevent the partner — and the relationship — from changing.
“This study found that one partner’s lifestyle change influenced the dynamic of couples’ interaction in a variety of positive or negative ways, tipping the scale of romantic relationships in a potentially upward or downward direction,” Romo says. “When both partners bought into the idea of healthy changes and were supportive of one another, weight loss appeared to bring people closer. When significant others resisted healthy changes and were not supportive of their partner’s weight loss, the relationship suffered.
罗莫补充说：“这项研究不应劝阻任何人减肥，但应该鼓励人们意识到自己关系减轻体重的潜在利弊。”“对于试图减肥的人的合伙人来说，支持其重要的人而不受到健康变化的威胁，这确实很重要。这种方法将帮助人们减轻体重，而不会危及他们的关系质量。”
纸，“Weighty Dynamics: Exploring Couples’ Perceptions of Post-Weight-Loss Interaction，” 10月24日在线发布在《健康传播》杂志上。该论文由德克萨斯大学的RenéDailey博士合着。
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给编辑的注释：研究摘要如下。
“Weighty Dynamics: Exploring Couples’ Perceptions of Post-Weight-Loss Interaction”
作者：北卡罗来纳州立大学Lynsey Kluever Romo；德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的雷内·戴利（RenéM。Dailey）
出版：10月24日，健康沟通
doi：10.1080/10410236.2012.736467
抽象的：尽管浪漫的夫妇可以使用交流来互相减轻体重和保持体重减轻，但减肥对伴侣互动的影响较少。但是，对合作伙伴管理体重的人际背景的检查对于帮助合作伙伴谈判其体重，关系和美国肥胖流行很重要。在系统理论的指导下，这项研究探讨了伙伴对一位伴侣减肥而另一个伴侣没有的关系的体重后减肥互动的看法。通过42名成年人的定性问卷（21对浪漫夫妇），二元研究表明，减肥导致许多伴侣（例如，从事共同的健康生活方式）导致积极的相互作用，但减轻体重也会产生一些负面影响（例如，非 - 非 - ，非 - ，不利的后果减肥伴侣的批评）。合作伙伴接受新的体重管理规则和模式的程度在很大程度上影响了减肥后的沟通和行为。
