Men struggle when going gets heavy

Men are three times more likely than women to struggle in telling their partner they need to lose weight, research suggests.

Almost a third of men (31 per cent) do not want to confront their partner about shedding pounds, compared with 10 per cent of women who are happy to tell their man to slim down.

The poll was commissioned by the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk (ICCR).