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It seems to be a study of married men in Poland, not of men in general. So the results may not be valid outside of Poland.
As opposed to studies in the US, which are of course applicable universally.
Well, more generally to HN readers.
Couldn't this also be survivorship bias?

Perhaps the obese married men would have died of obesity-related issues had they not been married, but something attributable to their being married made them 3x more likely to survive.

I don't think mortality is such a big factor under 65-70yo.

I wonder if the study adjust for age. I.e. the fittest young cohort should also be married to a lesser degree.

Obesity is correlated with amount of xmas dinners eaten.

This is Poland. It is customary for Slavic women to intentionally overfeed their men so they are less attractive to other women, to increase the chances of keeping the marriage/somewhat limiting the imbalance that naturally develops as the couple ages. They don't think of it, it's imprinted by their mothers since childhood.
Wow, that’s wild. Is there literature on this?
https://peopletalk.ru/article/pochemu-zhenshhiny-otkarmlivay... use google translate :)

and yes it's a cruel but workable tactic. just like everything Slavic.

It seems you have only provided evidence of Russians being that depraved.
I don't speak Polish but i know Russian, Belarusians (especially), Slovaks, and Ukrainians all do it. Czech women don't seem to be concerned with men or getting married overall so i doubt they do. True, i have no direct exposure to Polish culture save for Belarusian Catholics who are halfway Polish, but since they are religious, i think they do the same thing.
Source: I made it up
Finally, a study not done on mice. I’d be curious to see if the reverse also holds true — could I get married by weighing three times my current weight? :)
Married men cheat more often than single men.
Obese men are three times more likely to get married.
"three time more likely"

The study looked at 2,405 people. They were aged 50 on average and 35.3 per cent had normal weight, 38.3 per cent were overweight, and 26.4 per cent were obese.

I sensing a big advertising campaign for those dangerous fat reducing drugs for those fat married men in their 50's

I feel like the outcome you are hoping for is that it's ok to be fat at 50.

Maybe it is, but I'm not sure what part of the study you feel you are discrediting.

so older, married guys were more likely to be fat, while the single guys who are trying to date (even at that age) are not. this just in: sky is blue, news at 11.

it's looking like 2/3s of the US, married or not, young or not, will qualify as obese, so I'm not surprised that numbers like this line up, even after factoring in Poland, age, etc.