FROM A WOMAN’S VIEWPOINT THE WEIGHT-LOSS GENDER EVOLUTION

If a woman really wants to encourage that special man in her life to lose some weight, it may help to discuss the issue like a man. Men love challenges. Weight Watchers research in Australia suggests that women may be more effective if they use language that appeals to a man’s sense of competition and fitness. For example, instead of saying, “Honey, you’d look better if you lost some weight,” a more effective tactic may be to appeal to the man’s sense of competition by saying something like “I bet you couldn’t lose ten pounds over the next six weeks.”Chances are that men will respond to that approach and take on the challenge.