The Playboy Advisor

November, 1993

I just lost 20 pounds and suddenly I can't keep my hands off my wife. Have you ever heard of this?--H. W., Bay City, Michigan.Ronette Kolotkin, a psychologist at the Duke University Diet and Fitness Center, recently surveyed men aged 18 to 65 before and after weight loss of eight to 30 pounds. "After losing their weight," she says, "most reported more sexual desire." Excess weight makes many men feel less attractive, less desirable and more anxious about being seen naked. In...