Issues of body image and ability to achieve intimacy are connected to body weight, yet remain poorly unexplored and understood. The purpose of this research was to determine if avoidant attitudes and perceptions of one’s body may hold implications toward its use in intimate interactions, and if an above average body weight would increase this avoidance. In 2015-16, the prevalence of overweight and obesity was 71.6%; the prevalence of obesity was 39.8%, and affected about 93.3 million of US adults. The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in men and women shows no reverse trend, nor have prevention and treatment proven effective in the long term. Self-reported height and weight data from 55 male and 58 female subjects to determine body mass index (BMI), determining a mean age of 21.6 years and mean BMI of 25.6. Survey instruments consisted of two scales that are germane to the variables being examined. They were (1) Descutner and Thelen of the University of Missouri’s (1991) Fear-of-Intimacy scale and (2) Rosen, Srebnik, Saltzberg, and Wendt’s (1991) Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire. Data indicated that as body mass index increases, fear of intimacy increases (p<0.05) and that as body mass index increases, body image avoidance increases (p<0.05). The results suggest that the relationship of body image avoidance and fear of intimacy bear consideration toward the escalating prevalence of overweight and obesity. These findings suggest that a framework for addressing excess body weight that includes a focus on body image and intimacy may prove effective in prevention and treatment of behaviors that escalate excess body weight.