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Archive for August 30, 2007
Are Lesbians Fatter? New Study Says “Yes!”
“Ulrike Boehmer at the Boston University of Public Health used data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth to compare population estimates of obesity across sexual orientation groups” and found that “lesbians were 2.69 times more likely to be overweight and 2.47 times more likely to be obese than their heterosexual counterparts.”
While these researchers are concerned with the health outcomes that obesity produces; they acknowledge that it may be a result of different beauty standards among lesbians than heteros.
Read the story here: ssonet.com
Boehmer has many other research publications involving gay women’s health that you may find interesting. Check them out here: Boston University School of Public Health
And on a lighter note, who says there is anything wrong with being a little thick. Eat right and exercise and so what if you can’t get those extra pounds off…you can still be healthy AND HAPPY!
Watch Joy Nash at FatGirl Speaks tell it like it is! It might take a minute to load…but it’s worth the wait.
Juliette 
