Marriage really does make you stronger
Husbands have tougher bones than their single
counterparts.
Men in stable relationships had stronger bones than
men who never married.
But the findings only apply if a man marries after
the age of 25.
Marrying before this tends to result in weaker
bones-perhaps due to the stresses of raising a family.
It has been linked to a reduced risk of heart
disease and better cancer survival rates. According to researched it is found
that marriage is also good for a man’s bones- but only if he marries after the
age of 25.
It is also found by research that men in stable
marriages or long term relationships who had not been divorced or separated
previously had stronger bones than men whose marriages had broken down.
And those in stable relationships also had stronger
bones than men who never married. But the age at which a man married was also a
factor. Those who got hitched before the age of 25 had weaker bones than whose who walked down
the aisle later on.
However rather randomly it did find that women with
supportive partners had greater bone strength than those whose partners didn’t appreciate
them or were emotionally unsupportive.
Among men who first
married prior to turning 25, the researchers found a significant reduction
in spine bone strength for each year they were married before that age.
That is the first time that marital histories and
marital quality have been linked to bone health. There is very little known
about the influence of social factors other than socioeconomic factors on bone
health. Good health depends not only on good health behaviours, such as
maintaining a healthy diet and not
smoking, but also on other social aspects of life, such as marital life stories
and quality of relationships.
According to the researchers, it is added that the
findings imply that we should not assume that marriage has the same health
rewards for men and women.
Specifically, never marrying and experiencing a
divorce, widowhood, or separation are associated with poor boon health in men,
whereas poor marital quality is associated with poor bone health in women.
At last the link between marriage and bone health
were evident in the spine but not the hip, possibly due to differences in bone
composition.
