A recent study showed that weight of women is affected by present state of their family and love life. Hence, men indirectly influence weight of women. Presence or absence of happiness in life of women determines their waistline. This study was done by a weight management firm www.slendex.com.

The study of 3,000 women showed that females gained and lost weight in five stages.

The first stage referring to early courtship results in an average loss of five pounds. As the comfort level in relationship increases, weight also starts increasing. Wedding plans leads to shedding of pounds for the big day. Then birth of baby increases the weight which is followed by diet plans to lose that weight.

Jane McCadden, of Slendex said that our emotions have an enormous effect on our health and weight. The periods in a woman’s life that see their weight rise and fall link directly to new chapters in their love life or family status.

Researchers said that the study also illustrates how difficult women find it to maintain a stable weight throughout their lives. Even when women lose weight, bad habits soon return and another phase of weight gain follows.