Health / weight gain 15 Things That Will Make You Fat Holidays, relationships, and quitting smoking among the dangers By Mark Russell, Newser Staff Posted Nov 13, 2011 7:55 AM CST Copied Relationships and the holidays are among the big dangers for weight gain. (Shutterstock) With Americans continuing to get bigger and bigger, we need all the help we can get to stay healthy—so the Daily Beast offers a warning on 15 things that might cause you to pack on the pounds: Holiday season: With all the food, stress, and booze associated with Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's, the holidays account for 51% of all weight gained during the year. Quitting smoking: Men are especially at risk here, with an 8% chance of adding more than 28 pounds after giving up tobacco. Women get off easier, with just a 6% chance. Good relationships: Happy couples tend to eat out a lot, eat chocolate, lounge around in bed, and do other activities conducive to gaining weight. Getting married: For women, there's a 48% chance that getting hitched will lead to a major weight gain. (On the other hand, women who just move in with their significant other without getting married gain only one-fifth as much weight.) Getting divorced: OK, so apparently all aspects of relationships cause weight gain. Women have a 22% chance of putting on pounds after a divorce, and it's even higher for men. For the complete list of warning signs, check out the Daily Beast. (More weight gain stories.) Report an error