India, March 18 -- Are you wedded to weight gain? No matter as bizarre as it sounds, it might be true. Marriage and weight gain seems to have a link, according to a new study by a team from the National Institute of Cardiology in Warsaw, Poland. The researchers observed that getting married can make people overweight and obese, however, t's not the same for men and women.

The study was conducted by analysing data from 2,405 people (roughly half women, half men), with a median age of 50. Of this population, 35.3 percent were normal weight, 38.3 percent were overweight and 26.4 percent were obese. Also read | Weight How to get rid of post-wedding weight

It was observed that getting married can triple the risk of obesity in men, and their ...