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Feds Still Studying Why Majority of Lesbians Are Obese
Washington Free Beacon ^
| 08/30/2014
| Elizabeth Harrington
Posted on 08/30/2014 7:59:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The federal government is still seeking answers as to why the majority of lesbians are obese and U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill, which now totals $2.87 million.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) study is now in its fourth year, receiving an additional $670,567 for fiscal year 2014. The project seeks to determine why nearly three-quarters of adult lesbians overweight or obese, and why gay males are not.
In just two years the projects budget has nearly doubled, growing from $1.5 million to nearly $3 million today, despite fears that sequestration could jeopardize the project and other NIH funding.
The study, which is being led by S. Bryn Austin, an associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Womens Hospital, operates on the premise that there is a striking interplay of gender and sexual orientation in obesity disparities.
The researchers have been busier since last year, when the project had yielded only one paper. Those results concluded that gay and bisexual males had a greater desire for toned muscles than straight men.
The project now claims that lesbians have lower athletic-self esteem that may lead to higher rates of obesity. Another research paper found that lesbians are more likely to see themselves at a healthy weight, even though they are not.
Their research found that lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and mostly heterosexual adolescents exercise one to two hours less a week compared to heterosexuals. The paper also said sexual minorities are 46 to 76 percent less likely to be on a sports team, due to gender nonconformity and athletic self-esteem.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: feds; homosexualagenda; lesbians; obesity; taxdollars
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy
Are they obese because they are lesbians or are they lesbians because they are obese? That will be another 4.6 million dollars please.
To: SeekAndFind
The paper also said sexual minorities are 46 to 76 percent less likely to be on a sports team, due to gender nonconformity and athletic self-esteem.What the heck is "athletic self-esteem"? Who makes this crap up?
To: SeekAndFind
Obviously, their ying yang is out of equilibrium.
The’re eating too much ying, need more yang.
Think about it...
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posted on
08/30/2014 8:13:13 PM PDT
by
Texicanus
(Texas, it's a whole 'nother country.)
To: SeekAndFind
Polycystic ovary syndrome.
ovaries produce too much testosterone, causing obesity and hirsutism.
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posted on
08/30/2014 8:14:48 PM PDT
by
LadyDoc
(liberals only love politically correct poor people)
To: SeekAndFind
Maybe they should give up their Harley-Davidsons and get bicycles made for two.
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posted on
08/30/2014 8:16:24 PM PDT
by
HandyDandy
(Started out with Burgundy but soon hit the harder stuff....)
To: Still Thinking
And doctors have been saying to eat more fish to lose weight.
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posted on
08/30/2014 8:17:01 PM PDT
by
LukeL
To: KoRn
To: SeekAndFind
Other studies will include determining whether or not the chicken preceded the egg, and if six actually equals a half dozen.
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posted on
08/30/2014 8:20:37 PM PDT
by
cdcdawg
To: SeekAndFind
Poor diet and lack of exercise would me my guess. Duh!
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posted on
08/30/2014 8:20:39 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: SeekAndFind
What came first...the fat or the perversion ???
To: SeekAndFind
Damn - never realized that pussy was a high calorie meal!
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O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
08/30/2014 8:22:16 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
The cure is obvious...stop being lesbians.
It has been done... ask these women...
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posted on
08/30/2014 8:22:29 PM PDT
by
SeekAndFind
(If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
To: SeekAndFind
Is it possible that they are fat because they eat too much? How much money will it take for an answer?
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posted on
08/30/2014 8:22:49 PM PDT
by
cdcdawg
To: ConorMacNessa
You will burn in heck for that!
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posted on
08/30/2014 8:22:49 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Senator_Blutarski
I'd disagree with lesbians, but agree for gay males, including Sam-no-longer-the-Ram.
I think the people that make this stuff up are grant seekers and/or people with an agenda.
To: SeekAndFind
They’re women that have found a way to greatly increase their chances of getting a date.
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posted on
08/30/2014 8:24:40 PM PDT
by
MNDude
To: SeekAndFind
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) study is now in its fourth year, receiving an additional $670,567 for fiscal year 2014. The project seeks to determine why nearly three-quarters of adult lesbians overweight or obese,
and why they prefer flannel, Subarus, Melissa Etheridge records and gift cards for Snap-On Tools.
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posted on
08/30/2014 8:25:15 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: Calvin Locke
There was a defensive lineman for the Patriots, i think his name was Ted Washington. His teammates used to say that he ate up a lot of space.
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posted on
08/30/2014 8:26:15 PM PDT
by
shineon
To: Publius
Indeed I will, Maestro!
Still, I would say it again - I'm Irish - we invented political incorrectness.
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O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
08/30/2014 8:26:19 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: Irish Eyes
Even fat chicks can get guys.
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posted on
08/30/2014 8:26:49 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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