Spouses of overweight diabetics who were assigned to "intensive lifestyle intervention" lost an average of 4.8 pounds after one year or 2.7 percent of their body weight versus a weight gain of 0.4 pounds or 0.2 percent for spouses of those who were assigned to the usual care of usual care of diabetes support and education according to a new study from researchers at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, USA.

"The reach of behavioral weight loss treatment can extend to a spouse, suggesting that social networks can be utilized to promote the spread of weight loss, thus creating a ripple effect," the researchers concluded. Read the entire article | Email this article