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Having an overweight partner could increase your risk of developing diabetes – especially if you’re a man. Men are six per cent more likely to develop type 2 diabetes with every single unit increase in their female partner’s body mass index (BMI).
That’s what at Emory University in Atlanta and her colleagues found when they analysed health data from just over 7,000 people in England.
Back when the data started being collected – around the turn of the millennium – the volunteers had an average…
