Have become pregnant and given birth experience often makes women experience changes in posture, become more obese. Surprisingly, the increase in body weight after having a child is not only experienced by women but also their husbands.

A study involving a married British 2000 man prove that the husband’s body weight increased significantly after the birth of first child. When taken on average, weight gain reached 10.16 kg.

Research conducted by the Benenden Healthcare Society and the charity Men’s Health Forum is to prove that the increased weight after having a child is not only experienced by women. In women, a history of pregnancy is always a scapegoat for melarnya body shape.

The males are in fact not pregnant, weight gain is not directly affected by the hormones of pregnancy. According to the researchers, penignkatan more weight is associated with elevated levels of stress of the husband.

“The health of modern man under pressure from many things, including work and family. Street shortcut is the expense of diet, exercise and so often end up increasing health risks,” said Paul Keenan of the Benenden Healthcare Society as quoted by Medindia.

The relationship between obesity in pregnancy with husband and wife not just this time studied. Previous surveys of Onepoll involving 5000 men also revealed that waist circumference tended to rise an average of 5 cm while his wife was pregnant.

It was not just because of stress, but rather as a form of attention of the husband against his wife. When the wife must eat more to nourish the baby, the husband unwittingly become part of it accompanied the meal with more servings.