“It’s widely known that people tend to put on a little bit of weight once they have found love, but what we didn't expect to find was that the weight gain is on average a stone, if not more," added Cameron.

When questioned about the portion size, over half of the women admitted to regularly matching what their male partner eats.

For the majority of these women, this often results in much larger portions than what they would normally eat, especially when compared to eating on their own, indicating that when eating as a couple there is no understanding of the correct size portions for men and women .

With the majority of couples questioned living together, those surveyed have found that their main activities undertaken as a couple, consist of ‘staying in and watching TV’,‘eating in together’ and ‘eating out together’, revealing that food forms an important part of most modern day relationships.

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