Die Auswirkungen von Fettleibigkeit auf Beziehungen und Gesundheit scheinen in Gebieten mit höherer Prävalenz geringer zu sein. In Regionen, in denen die Adipositasprävalenz niedrig war, war die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass adipöse Menschen alleinstehend waren, höher. Umgekehrt war die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass übergewichtige Menschen Singles waren, in US-Bezirken mit hoher Adipositasprävalenz etwas geringer.

I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09567976241265037

Abstract

Obesity has adverse consequences for those affected. We tested whether the association between obesity and its adverse consequences is reduced in regions in which obesity is prevalent and whether lower weight bias in high-obese regions can account for this reduction. Studies 1 and 2 used data from the United States (N = 2,846,132 adults across 2,546 counties) and United Kingdom (N = 180,615 adults across 380 districts) that assessed obesity’s adverse consequences in diverse domains: close relationships, economic outcomes, and health. Both studies revealed that the association between obesity and its adverse consequences is reduced (or absent) in high-obese regions. Study 3 used another large-scale data set (N = 409,837 across 2,928 U.S. counties) and revealed that lower weight bias in high-obese regions seems to account for (i.e., mediate) the reduction in obesity’s adverse consequences. Overall, our findings suggest that obesity’s adverse consequences are partly social and, thus, not inevitable.

From the linked article:

Obesity’s effects on relationships and health appear to be reduced in areas with higher prevalence

Individuals with obesity often encounter challenges in relationships, employment, and health, but a recent study published in Psychological Science has found that the severity of these issues can depend on where they live. The research found that in regions where obesity is more common, the associated social and health difficulties are less pronounced. These findings suggest that societal attitudes and cultural norms surrounding obesity may play a significant role in shaping its consequences.

The findings revealed that, across both nations, individuals with obesity generally faced more challenges in relationships, employment, and health compared to their non-obese counterparts. However, the extent of these challenges varied significantly by region.

In regions where obesity prevalence was low, individuals with obesity were more likely to be single compared to those without obesity. For example, in the United States, people with obesity in counties with low obesity prevalence were 1.2 times more likely to be single than their non-obese peers. Conversely, in counties with high obesity prevalence, this disparity disappeared or even reversed, with individuals with obesity slightly less likely to be single than their non-obese counterparts.

Obesity seems to be relative to your neighbors.

I read a study that showed a dating pool of obese, single, straight women. And they gave the women a bunch of men to choose from, to rank them as most desirable to least. And the women picked the thin, athletic attractive men as the ones they all wanted to date. Uniformly, all of them. Which is the same as what the thin women chose in the control study. So, ya, being obese, people may settle for other obese people. But everyone, and I mean everyone, wants to date the most attractive person they can find. We are programmed to breed with healthy people to make healthy babies. It’s in our nature. It powers our sex drive, literally. Seeing the most physically capable and healthy appearing person just turns us on. And that’s animalistic, but that’s true. No one sees a person who is wheezing, having difficulty climbing stairs and feels attraction to that. We feel empathy for those who are ill and suffering, perhaps pity, but not attraction. We are not attracted to people who have tubes coming out of their noses, who recently OD’d. We are not attracted to people who are so overweight they struggle to climb stairs. We see those who are ill as non-viable mates. The cure for this, obviously, is to appear healthy. And to appear healthy, you need to look like you are physically able to climb stairs, aren’t a cancer patient, and not a drug addict. The bar is really low, but considering 66% of people are obese now… a lot of people need to start dieting and exercising like their dating life and future marriage depends on it.

When everybody is obese no one is

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Do obese people prefer to be with another obese person or would they be fine dating an athletic or slim person?