Personality can change when weight increases

As body weight increases, people often become impulsive and easily fall into more pleasures.

Scientists have known that personality traits are an important factor for weight gain. For example, people who are usually in the comfort of parties should have a high chance of gaining weight, and people with conscience often exercise regularly and eat science so their weight tends to be good. determined.

But many people ask the opposite question: "If a person's body weight increases, will his or her personality change?".

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To explore the relationship between weight gain and personality change, Angelina Sutin, a researcher at the University of Florida in the US, and several colleagues at the US National Institutes of Health analyze data about personality. , the weight of more than 1,900 people at two times separated by nearly a decade, Livescience reported.

During the period between two times, the weight of many people increased by 10%. The data show that people who gain weight become impulsive, are more pleasurable than pleasurable people. Weight gain also makes them more careful when making decisions.

"They are likely to be more cautious due to negative comments about body weight from people around," the team commented.

Even so, people who gain weight still fall into pleasures even though they become more careful in the decision-making process.

"Therefore, their ability to gain weight will remain high even though they think more carefully than when weight is stable," Sutin commented.