2026-04-07 12:05:01

Fat jab and gastric band users are almost twice as likely to divorce their partners.

Of the 12,531 married patients interviewed 14.4 per cent separated within six years after they were fitted with a gastric band – an adjustable device in the upper stomach that restricts food intake, compared to 8.2 per cent in the wider population.

And it is believed that weight-loss jabs will also cause a spike in divorce rates.

Professor Per-Arne Svensson, of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, said: “Very similar mechanisms could occur with Ozempic [and similar jabs] as with surgery, with regards to changes in relationships.

“People who embark on the weight-loss journey usually have a lot of other life changes as well. That means that they are probably becoming more social, trying to live a healthier life.

“If the partner is not really on the train there, if they don’t follow this person along in this change, that might be something that causes tension.”

He added: “It could also be that you have a person who is stuck in a bad relationship, but doesn’t have the self-confidence to break it off because they feel, ‘Who would like to date them, if not their current spouse.'”

A recent study by the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Obesity found the results.

David Sarwer, director of the Center for Obesity Research in Philadelphia, said: “It’s not that losing a large amount of weight is ending healthy marriages.

“It’s probably more that for the person losing weight and feeling better about themselves, it may be empowering them to leave an unhealthy relationship.”

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