In fitness and in health ...

If your spouse exercises, not only will they look better but you, too, will be more likely to leave the couch and hit the gym. Researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health analysed interviews with Americans from a heart study that began in 1987.Looking at data on 3261 couples, scientists found that if a woman reported regular exercise her husband was 70% more likely to report exercising when the couple was interviewed six years later.