Lesbians 2x likely to be obese, and why is that? Options

[jonathan83]

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/stor...5012769,00.html

LESBIANS are twice as likely as heterosexual women to be overweight or obese, which puts them at greater risk for obesity-related health problems and death, US researchers said.

The report, published in the American Journal of Public Health, is one of the first large studies to look at obesity among lesbians.

Ulrike Boehmer of the Boston University School of Public Health and colleagues looked at a 2002 national survey of almost 6000 women, and found that lesbians were 2.69 times more likely to be overweight and 2.47 times more likely to be obese.

“Lesbians have more than twice the odds of (being) overweight,” the authors wrote.

This would put them at a higher risk for diabetes and heart disease, among other ailments.

“Our findings indicate that lesbian sexual identity is linked to a greater prevalence of overweight and obesity,” the authors wrote in the study, released this week.

They reviewed smaller studies that have suggested a higher prevalence of obesity among lesbians and the possible reasons why.

“The results of these studies indicate that lesbian women have a better body image than do heterosexual women,” they wrote.

But the authors said they placed little confidence in the idea that lesbians were more muscular than straight women, and thus were more likely to have a high body mass index, or BMI, while having little body fat.

High muscle mass is “unlikely to lead to classification as obese,” the researchers said.

“We reported greater odds of both overweight and obesity in lesbians and we feel confident in asserting that these differences are a result of increased adiposity,” the researchers wrote.

ok they say:
“The results of these studies indicate that lesbian women have a better body image than do heterosexual women,” they wrote.

umm, better body image? Or how about... obese girls can't find any guys so they have to turn to other fat girls. I think that sounds better.

[FORSAKENR320]

This would put them at a higher risk for diabetes and heart disease, among other ailments.

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[Mommy]

going off what Brandon quoted.... its God's way of eliminating the lesbians...those hethens.


























omg, gay people. Im jk

[Dogmeat]

then why do so many girls read playboy if they have a great body image of themselves? Hmm....

[Mommy]

maybe straight females just take better care of themselves

[chook]

Aids for men, Fat for women!! PRAISE JEEBUS!

[dauss]

maybe scissoring doesn't provide as much aerobic exercise as straight sex.

[James]

Or they just don't care what they look like for other women, so they let themselves go to shit, kind of like how some married women do before they turn 40 and go through that "I wanna be young again" phase.

[schwab]

half of them are butch to look like guys for their female lovers hence to do that they get obese and shave their head and try to wear flanel and look fucking hideous

[Mommy]

half of them are butch to look like guys for their female lovers hence to do that they get obese and shave their head and try to wear flanel and look fucking hideous

GIT ER DONE, CAREY THE CABLE GAL

[pebkac]

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/stor...5012769,00.html
ok they say:
“The results of these studies indicate that lesbian women have a better body image than do heterosexual women,” they wrote.

umm, better body image? Or how about... obese girls can't find any guys so they have to turn to other fat girls. I think that sounds better.

That's totally retarded. I'm sure fat girls can find plenty of fat dudes to fuck.

I think it has more to do with women caring less about physical looks than men.

[Mommy]

a lot of guys that I know care a ton about their physical appearance.... in fact, I would say that I have more self conscious guy friends than I do girl friends.

[impala454]

I don't think it's necessarily related to fat, but I do know several cases of people I knew in high school who had big rejections from the opposite sex, and eventually they turned gay (both guys and girls). none of them were fat at all (at the time anyhow).

like I said lots of times on here already, it all goes back to the pussification of our kids. we shield them from rejection and loss (not keepin score at the f'n soccer game), so they never learn to deal with it anymore.

[GOB]

a lot of guys that I know care a ton about their physical appearance.... in fact, I would say that I have more self conscious guy friends than I do girl friends.

that's because you're a fag hag

[Testm0nkey]

all the lesbians i know are of the lipstick variety thus the hottest females i know.

but maybe some lesbians are fat because of all that eating they do.

HIYO

[FORSAKENR320]

all the lesbians i know are of the lipstick variety thus the hottest females i know.

but maybe some lesbians are fat because of all that eating they do.

HIYO

oh snap


have you ever been tricked into oral sex by any of them?

[pebkac]

a lot of guys that I know care a ton about their physical appearance.... in fact, I would say that I have more self conscious guy friends than I do girl friends.

I'd believe it. It's especially bad amongst gay men. Not only do you have to please guys who are more focused on physical attraction but you also end up competing with other men to have the nicest body.

I don't think it's necessarily related to fat, but I do know several cases of people I knew in high school who had big rejections from the opposite sex, and eventually they turned gay (both guys and girls). none of them were fat at all (at the time anyhow).

like I said lots of times on here already, it all goes back to the pussification of our kids. we shield them from rejection and loss (not keepin score at the f'n soccer game), so they never learn to deal with it anymore.

You don't turn gay because you're rejected by the opposite sex. You don't really "turn" gay at all. It's generally established at a very young age. Whether or not a person chooses to accept it or still make failing attempts at the opposite sex is another thing.

oh snap


have you ever been tricked into oral sex by any of them?

I tricked her into oral sex one time. That dick in a box trick really works.

[jonathan83]

You don't really "turn" gay at all. It's generally established at a very young age.

that's still debatable, not proven.

[impala454]

You don't really "turn" gay at all. It's generally established at a very young age.

how the hell could it be established at a very young age? very young kids don't have those types of feelings yet. not until 10-12 yrs old anyways. imho the "I was born this way" is a huge croc o shit. there isnt some physical switch in your body that determines your feelings. there is however, a physical switch that determines your gender... generally called cocks & pussies

[pebkac]

that's still debatable, not proven.

Trust me on this one. Sexuality isn't a personal choice. I don't think there's a reputable psychologist that would disagree with me.

how the hell could it be established at a very young age? very young kids don't have those types of feelings yet. not until 10-12 yrs old anyways. imho the "I was born this way" is a huge croc o shit. there isnt some physical switch in your body that determines your feelings. there is however, a physical switch that determines your gender... generally called cocks & pussies

Riiiiiiiiight. I'm sure you chose to be straight and could change to being gay at any point in time.

[impala454]

I didn't say it was some cognitive choice that kids make when they turn 12. It is however a feeling, not a biological process. If there's a girl I'm in love with, it's not because I decided "hmm I wanna fall in love with that girl", but it's also not because some chemical in my brain at birth told me I was going to either. I may feel extreme anger towards someone who cuts me off on the road, while another person may not. But I sure as hell don't get angry because of some genetics, it has more to do with how you're raised than anything. If I had been whisked away to some other country and raised by different parents, I'm sure I'd have turned out completely different.

People do change their feelings though, and perhaps someone who's not in as much control over their emotions will change their more fundamental feelings. Let me ask you this, if it's some kind of irreversible (heh, people flip flop being gay all the time) trait at birth, how come certain places have such a high concentration of gays while others don't? It's obviously not because the gay people w/the gay genes are having kids now is it?

I'll tell you why, it's because kids are getting raised without fathers or by people who emotionally castrate their kids before they hit puberty. Parents are teaching their kids that everything masculine is bad, which screws the pooch both ways, little boys act like little girls, and little girls avoid little boys. So... you can either attribute homosexuality to things like this, or you can go on believing there's a random gay switch in everyone's head.

Do I have a problem with gay people? no. Do I think they can just up and change to be straight? no. They can't do that any more than I can change how I was raised. And before you come out with the "but so-in-so was raised 'normal' and they turned gay!", look at the amount of people who completely reject their parents nowadays. Hell just look on here, 9/10 people hate their parents and completely resent them. IMHO bad parenting/divorce is taking our society down the shitter.

[Testm0nkey]

most psychologists will say its not a cognitive choice - its mostly not a choice. there are studies that show its possibly biological so yes there is support that its a biological process
you didnt develope feelings of attraction until you were 12?!

[Mommy]

Trust me on this one. Sexuality isn't a personal choice. I don't think there's a reputable psychologist that would disagree with me.

I think it can be

[Mommy]

most psychologists will say its not a cognitive choice - its mostly not a choice. there are studies that show its possibly biological so yes there is support that its a biological process
you didnt develope feelings of attraction until you were 12?!

Most boys will have feelings of attraction when they are really little, lose those feelings sometimes between age 6-8 until they are anywhere from 11-14, and then regain them

[Testm0nkey]

oh really!?

impala said he never had them till he was a preteen. must have been too many shower shots of his mom

[impala454]

impala said he never had them till he was a preteen.

i'd really love for you to show me where i said this

[Spectatrix]

I think it can be

I don't know that your basic attractions can be chosen, but you can definitely choose what to pursue or not. I'm physically attracted to both men and women (as evidenced by my numerous comments about Jennifer Connelly and the like), but the vast majority of girls I've met in my life annoy the crap out of me or, at the very least, aren't geeky enough for me to be interested in them. In short, I've found many more guys than girls that are "my type" and thus, in terms of my relationship pursuits, have acted straight.

[FORSAKENR320]

most psychologists will say its not a cognitive choice - its mostly not a choice. there are studies that show its possibly biological so yes there is support that its a biological process
you didnt develope feelings of attraction until you were 12?!

yea, i was shocked by that too....




cathryn and i were whoring it up by that time.... haha.

well, cathryn was... i was only eating chicks at that time.

[FORSAKENR320]