My husband and I have been married for five years and you can tell by our waistlines. While we're both naturally pretty slim and try to exercise somewhat regularly, we've definitely put on a few pounds since we exchanged vows (that's us in the picture) and since we had our son. (In fact, my toddler's favorite activity these days is squeezing my belly and giggling hysterically. Thanks.)

New research, published in the journal Obesity and written about at BusinessWeek.com, found that married couples are twice as likely to become obese as people in romantic relationships who weren't married or living together. The longer couples are married, the greater the risk of gaining weight and becoming obese.

The researchers, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, say when people are living together they share behaviors, such as eating meals together and watching TV. The scientists also note that marriage provides a number of health benefits, including decreased cigarette smoking and lower mortality.

The researchers offer married or cohabitating couples some suggestions for keeping off those unwanted pounds. Instead of lounging in front of the TV together, 'exercise or cook healthy meals together,' said study co-author Penny Gordon-Larsen, an associate professor of nutrition at UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health. Since spouses or partners tend to share behaviors, she adds, 'couples can use that phenomenon to their advantage if they are aware of what's going on.'

In an interesting result, the study found that while women living with, but not married to, a romantic partner were also more likely to become obese, men cohabitating with a romantic partner had no increased risk of obesity. The researchers said that they are still unclear why that may be the case.

Although the study focused on marriage and cohabitation and their relation to obesity, I also imagine that having children might play a role. Since I had my son last year, as I've written about before, I find myself exercising my fingers on the remote these days far more than I hit the gym, because of the lack of time and energy associated with being a working parent. After a long day of work at the office parents may want to rush home to the family not the treadmill.

Readers, have you and your partner or spouse put on a few pounds together? Have any of you lost weight together?

                                                                                 2009-07-01

Before and after menstruation, many women are often relatively strong sexual desire, and this time period as a result of the relationship between physiological and other differences between a certain time, need attention. In this way, on reproductive health, on female sexual enjoyment will be useful.

Before Menstrual period

In the coming time period, women are often under normal circumstances of life a little more than hope, it can make up for periods of "delay" time, in advance arrangements should enjoy sex.

Physiological period, before the beginning of the rhythm is a relative, most often women want to have sex period. This arrangement is in line with the physiological needs, is also in line with psychological needs.

But after all this time period is a special need to accurately grasp the menstrual period. This has always been accurate for women menstruation is relatively easy to grasp, and for irregular menstruation women are more difficult.

Before the menstrual sex, should pay particular attention to reproductive health, as a result of the coming period are prone to infection, should be addressed.

Sexually transmitted diseases, especially those, such as certain mycoplasma, chlamydia and other infections, more attention should be to prevent ascending infection, leading to tubal disease and other organs.

In addition, the sex life should be to avoid too much movement, and not to harm the vagina.

After Menstrual period

Period after the men and women are often a few days after the patient, often after periods is also an increase in the frequency of sexual activity during the physiological needs.

At this time, women often had a sense of liberation, will be very willing to back fill the loss of sex, but this time it is not easy to conceive the same time, under such circumstances, the two sides could easily reach orgasm, is a relatively good time.

But the need to pay attention, if not completely clean or menstrual periods tend to come back a little after the women, should pay special attention to prevent infection. At this time just to repair the uterus, the same need for care, action not be too big, not too hard.

                                                                                                2009-07-01

1. living in the room could see the landscape can increase the life expectancy of two years

Studies have shown, and living in a wall only to see patients in the ward compared to living in the window to enjoy the beauty of the ward, the rehabilitation of efficiency would be greatly enhanced discharged earlier also. Beauty can also help people to improve mood, eliminate depression, become optimistic. If your window is indeed difficult to say "beautiful," like to use their own pictures and photographs decorate the room now.

2.ridden chores to reduce the life of one year

Whether it is the need to care too much wealth, or a huge amount of debt was the debt collection, the Service will be complicated for most people to feel anxiety and depression, so that the consequences of the natural heart rate is accelerated, high blood pressure, the pressure at the same time hormones epinephrine and corticosterone Alcohol will also cause harm to humans.

3. feeding pets, 1 year increase in life expectancy

 Pet the number of people who see a doctor much less to ordinary people, and not vulnerable to the intrusion of depression. Custody of pets to accompany the side, the human heart rate and blood pressure will decrease. U.S. study shows a high blood pressure, sex stockbroker accept different stress tests, the pet's heart rate and blood pressure were significantly lower than the stability of other tests.

4. quality of sex life, an increase in life expectancy 4 years

Often to enjoy the orgasm (at least twice a week) of male premature deaths, less than half the opportunity to ordinary people, in particular, brought about by the death of a heart attack. High ejaculation frequency may also reduce the risk of prostate cancer. Partner due to premature ejaculation, impotence can not enjoy the sexual pleasure of women who will be a higher risk of heart disease.

5. noise pollution, reduce the life of 1 year

3% of coronary heart disease, the deceased are due to long-term exposure to traffic noise environment. Noise to create the body of stress hormones cause long-term state of alert, even in sleep, is no exception, which changes the heart and blood vessels, causing high blood pressure, heart disease or stroke.

6. as women, to increase life expectancy 10 years

Almost any country women live longer than men, some can be longer than average life expectancy of males 10%. In addition to environmental and genetic factors, men with androgen short-lived to a certain extent related to the decision androgen aggressive male sexual behavior and competition, so they are more likely to experience premature from violence, accidents and deaths caused by risky. Androgen heart will be useful to reduce the cholesterol level, while the female body, estrogen will be beneficial to increase the level of cholesterol.