Getting Thin The Easy Way

Americans, and perhaps other countries' citizens as well, are obsessed with weight. We even give it names like the "Freshmen 15" or the "pinch an inch" thing. The arts cater to this kind of thinking, especially hip[ hop and rap which seems to go on and on about fleshy parts of anatomy, especially where women are concerned. Even visual arts have leapt feet first into it with programs like "The Biggest Loser." Me? I'm not taking my shirt off for anybody with a camera.
In addition, I would guess that one of the most prominent New Year's resolutions involves losing a percentage of weight/body fat or both. Weight loss regimens fill the advertisements everywhere. Gyms call themselves "no judgement zones" now and offer no contract, limited cash deals for new members in January. So, you can see that it's a national paranoia almost. Now, though, researchers in Australia have come up with a brilliant method for women who want to lose weight: lose the man.
Researchers studies 10,000 women for 10 years in order to determine what, if any, the relationship was between women, weight, and significant others. Their findings were published recently in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine. Here's what they found:
1. Women who were childless and who had no significant partner gained 11 pounds over the 10 years in question.
2. Women who were childless but involved in a relationship with a significant other gained 15 pounds over the same period of time.
3. Women who had at least one child and a significant other gained an average of 20 pounds over ten years!!! 'Nuf said!

Nutritionist Jana Klauer posited that women tend to gain weight because they mimic the eating habits of the significant other...and men DO eat more as a rule than women. Klauer also noted that people in general tend to eat more when others are around than they do when alone. Both of these might be responsible for added poundage.
There was no indication concerning the age of the women involved, but if word of this gets out, we guys are in trouble!