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75% of American lesbians obese

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Polari

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The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is to spend $1.5 million (£1.01 million) on a study to learn why 75% of lesbians are obese and why gay men are not.

Over the past few years, several pieces of research have shown lesbians are more likely to be obese compared to gay and bisexual men.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, has received two grants administered by NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to study the relationship between sexual orientation and obesity.

Robert Bock, press officer for the NICHD said: “Obesity is a serious public health problem affecting a large proportion of the US. The study is examining reasons why the risk of obesity varies according to sexual orientation, in order to inform the development of future strategies to prevent obesity.”
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http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/03/1...hed-to-find-out-why-75-of-lesbians-are-obese/

I think there may be an error in the article; I suspect what it should say is that 75% of lesbians are overweight rather than obese. Either way, the point still stands: lesbian women are more prone to obesity than heterosexual women or men of any orientation.

On the other hand, according to this article a lower percentage of gay men are obese when compared to their heterosexual counterparts.

Thoughts etc.?
 
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Deleted member 1235

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they spent 1.5 million to figure this out?!
 
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ViewtifulJC

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Count Dookkake said:
It's from too much eating out.
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gdt

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From completely anecdotal information, all of the lesbian couples I know are made up of one hot one and one who's more....butch (and not hot)? I guess thats the word. But the study has nothing to do with that so ummmm...yeah.
 
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Fularu

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Fits what I see in gay clubs. Truck driver looking lesbians between overweight and obese and fit/slender gays
 
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Horseticuffs

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Well, anecdotally I'll tell you that my ex-wife who asked for a divorce upon coming out is obese, and all her girlfriends she has introduced me to have been at least overweight. This doesn't prove anything, of course, but I'm just speaking to my experience.


The best part is that since I've learned to eat right this past year, I actually weigh less than her now. That also doesn't prove anything except that you can bet your sweet ass I found a way to let her know.
 
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Kad5

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Maybe lesbians might be a little tiny bit more likely to not care about their body image...?


Honestly I have no idea i'm not a lesbian so I can only guess really.
 
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Awful Falafel

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Danny 117 said:
What an odd study. I really don't see any possible links between your sexuality and your weight, really.
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You have to think of studies like this as collecting evidence. Whether it's really absurd or super obvious the fact is that there is now data regarding it where there were only hunches and assumptions before. If anything this study highlights that there is potentially a link which, you guessed it, requires further study to find or dismiss links of any sort.
 
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Ourobolus

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I had something good, but I'm pretty sure the word is an offensive term for lesbian. Still, Dookake's is much better.
 
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The Smoking Bun

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Maybe because guys always want slim trim girlfriends whereas women are more accepting of chubbiness so most lesbians let themselves go a bit. No social pressure to stay skinny.
 
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sphinx

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hym said:
95% of 'Lesbian' porn does not involve any actual Lesbians.
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that's why straight women (porn actresses at least) are awesome, they can play with each other and go back to their men with absolute confidence and no mental shit whatsoever.

I wish straight men would do that, lol.
 
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