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- A new study funded by Weight Watchers suggests that your significant other can be your strongest ally — or your worst enemy — when it comes to achieving your weight loss goals.
- The research builds on previous studies not funded by the company that came to similar conclusions.
- Amy Gorin, a professor of behavioral psychology at the University of Connecticut, says her findings represent what she calls “a ripple effect.”
- Gorin’s study is one of the first of its kind to use a gold standard of scientific research — a randomized, controlled design — to look at couples’ progress.
Eating healthy can feel like torture in the country that’s home to the Crunchwrap Supreme.
Dieting is expensive. Working out is time consuming. On top of all that, weight loss can be somewhat of an uphill battle for people with genetic predispositions to obesity.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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