{"id":4319,"date":"2026-04-07T12:05:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/fat-jabs-and-gastric-bands-may-skyrocket-divorce-rates\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:05:03","slug":"fat-jabs-and-gastric-bands-may-skyrocket-divorce-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/fat-jabs-and-gastric-bands-may-skyrocket-divorce-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat jabs and gastric bands may skyrocket divorce rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-04-07 12:05:01<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Fat jab and gastric band users are almost twice as likely to divorce their partners.<BR><br \/>\nOf the 12,531 married patients interviewed 14.4 per cent separated within six years after they were fitted with a gastric band &#8211; an adjustable device in the upper stomach that restricts food intake, compared to 8.2 per cent in the wider population.<BR><br \/>\nAnd it is believed that weight-loss jabs will also cause a spike in divorce rates.<BR><br \/>\nProfessor Per-Arne Svensson, of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, said: \u201cVery similar mechanisms could occur with Ozempic [and similar jabs] as with surgery, with regards to changes in relationships.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;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.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;If the partner is not really on the train there, if they don\u2019t follow this person along in this change, that might be something that causes tension.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nHe added: &#8220;It could also be that you have a person who is stuck in a bad relationship, but doesn&#8217;t have the self-confidence to break it off because they feel, &#8216;Who would like to date them, if not their current spouse.'&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nA recent study by the University of Pittsburgh&#8217;s Center for Obesity found the results.<BR><br \/>\nDavid Sarwer, director of the Center for Obesity Research in Philadelphia, said: &#8220;It\u2019s not that losing a large amount of weight is ending healthy marriages.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;It\u2019s probably more that for the person losing weight and feeling better about themselves, it may be empowering them to leave an unhealthy relationship.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4320,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319\/revisions\/4320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}