{"id":6385,"date":"2009-03-10T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=6385"},"modified":"2011-09-07T13:15:44","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T18:15:44","slug":"strained-marriages-have-worse-effect-on-womens-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/strained-marriages-have-worse-effect-on-womens-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Strained Marriages Have Worse Effect on Women\u2019s Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

An article written on U.S. News & World Report<\/a> online discussed a very interesting study that found an unhappy marriage had worse effects on women\u2019s health than their male counterparts. \"angry<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s well documented in research that men and women in \u201cstrained\u201d marriages (characterized by chronic arguing and anger) are more likely to be depressed than happier partners\/couples. Also, research indicates that women in these argumentative and anger<\/a>-filled relationships are more likely to have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar (also known as indicators of Metabolic Syndrome, which is a big leader of various chronic diseases), which increases their likelihood of heart disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The researcher, Nancy Henry, a doctoral candidate in clinical healthy psychology at the University of Utah, looked at health and depression when conducting this study. The researcher interviewed 276 couples with questionnaires asking about the positives and the negatives of their marriage and they were asked about depressive issues\/symptoms.<\/p>\n

Conclusions<\/strong>
\nThe researcher found that:<\/p>\n