Taxpayers Have Now Spent $3.5 Million to Find Out Why Lesbians Are Obese

[DCPatriot]

Taxpayers Have Now Spent $3.5 Million to Find Out Why Lesbians Are Obese
Elizabeth Harrington





The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has now spent over $3.5 million to determine why the majority of lesbians are obese.

The project, now entering its fifth year, received another grant worth $658,485 this summer. The total funding for the research is now $3,531,925. Funding has more than doubled since the study was first revealed in 2013.

Since, the study that is examining why three-quarters of lesbians are obese, but gay men are not, has survived sequester cuts, and continues to produce results such as the discovery that gay men have a “greater desire for toned muscles” than straight men.

Another scientific paper associated with the research concluded that lesbians have lower “athletic-self esteem” that may lead to higher rates of obesity.

A paper published this June coauthored by the project’s lead investigator, S. Bryn Austin, an associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and pediatrics professor at Harvard Medical School, found that young males think about their muscles.

“Latent transition analyses revealed that sexual minority males (i.e., mostly heterosexual, gay, and bisexual) were more likely than completely heterosexual males to be lean-concerned at ages 17-18 and 19-20 years and to transition to the lean-concerned class from the healthy class,” according to the paper. “There were no sexual orientation differences in odds of being muscle-concerned.”

The paper also suggested that young men should be “screened” to see if they are too preoccupied with their biceps.

“Both heterosexual and sexual minority males are at risk for presenting body image concerns and weight- and shape-related behaviors that may have deleterious health consequences,” the paper said. “Results suggest the need for screening for concerns and behaviors related to leanness and muscularity in early adolescence among all males, regardless of sexual orientation.”


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[musiclady]

Gee.  The answer is kinda simple.

They eat too much and move too little.   ^-^

[ABX]

Chicken/Egg scenario.
Maybe obese women have a higher tendency to become lesbians because they have trouble finding companionship from the opposite sex so they turn to each other.

One thing I've noticed is most of my lesbian friends were not always lesbians, many came out of divorce, many single mothers, but most, to put it as politely as possible, aren't attractive. When they can't find companionship and family the more traditional route, they look for alternative ways to have it. The need for companionship is a trait wired deep in our evolutionary core.

[ZX12R]

Chicken/Egg scenario.
Maybe obese women have a higher tendency to become lesbians because they have trouble finding companionship from the opposite sex so they turn to each other.

One thing I've noticed is most of my lesbian friends were not always lesbians, many came out of divorce, many single mothers, but most, to put it as politely as possible, aren't attractive. When they can't find companionship and family the more traditional route, they look for alternative ways to have it. The need for companionship is a trait wired deep in our evolutionary core.

There could  be something to that, I suppose.

I know one that has gone from men to women and back and forth several times. Her motivation was just a meal ticket, because that was preferable to a job of any kind.

[mountaineer]

Gee.  The answer is kinda simple.

They eat too much and move too little.   ^-^

And they hate themselves, perhaps.

[olde north church]

And they hate themselves, perhaps.

I thought tuna was healthy?

[musiclady]

And they hate themselves, perhaps.

I think that's likely.

[Oceander]

[Lando Lincoln]

The paper also suggested that young men should be “screened” to see if they are too preoccupied with their biceps.

Good Lord.  So many things to worry about and to intervene...

What the hell happened to us?

[Luis Gonzalez]

This is BS.

There are no obese lesbians in any of the movies that I watch.

[Oceander]

This is BS.

There are no obese lesbians in any of the movies that I watch.

[DCPatriot]

This is BS.

There are no obese lesbians in any of the movies that I watch.

 

[andy58-in-nh]

This is BS.

There are no obese lesbians in any of the movies that I watch.

That's because they are very careful about what they eat.