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US taxpayers fork out more than $3.5m to find out why 75% of lesbians are obese

  • One scientific paper asserts that lesbians have lower 'athletic self-esteem' that could be linked to higher obesity rates
  • Study also found that straight males are twice as likely to be obese as their homosexual male counterparts 
  • NIH says a concern for public health is prompting them to continue funding the study until next June

By Alexandra Klausner For Dailymail.com

Published: 16:50 EST, 13 July 2015 | Updated: 17:50 EST, 13 July 2015

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has now spent over $3.5 million of taxpayer's money to try and determine why the majority of lesbians in the US are obese.

The study entitled, 'Sexual Orientation and Obesity: A Test of a Gendered Biopsychosocial Model,' is aimed at concluding why nearly three-quarters of adult lesbians are dangerously overweight.

The study is also investigating why heterosexual men are twice as likely to be obese when compared to gay males.

Fat disparity: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has now spent over $3.5 million of taxpayer's dollars in an effort to determine why the majority of lesbians in the U.S. are obese
 
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Fat disparity: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has now spent over $3.5 million of taxpayer's dollars in an effort to determine why the majority of lesbians in the U.S. are obese

'It is now well-established that women of minority sexual orientation are disproportionately affected by the obesity epidemic, with nearly three-quarters of adult lesbians overweight or obese, compared to half of heterosexual women. In stark contrast, among men, heterosexual males have nearly double the risk of obesity compared to gay males,' says the study.

The NIH has cited public health and the risks associated with obesity in their continued funding of the project.

The study first began in 2011 and it will continue until June of next year.

Free Beacon reports that the total funding for the research is now $3,531,925. Funding has more than doubled since the study was first reported on by CNSNews.com in 2013.

A scientific paper associated with the study asserted that lesbians have lower ‘athletic-self esteem’ that could be linked to higher rates of obesity. 

A separate research paper found that lesbians are more likely to see themselves as a healthy weight even if they are not.

Athletic confidence: A scientific paper associated with the study asserted that lesbians have lower ‘athletic-self esteem’ that could be linked to higher rates of obesity and that they exercised fewer hours when compared to their heterosexual female peers
 
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Athletic confidence: A scientific paper associated with the study asserted that lesbians have lower ‘athletic-self esteem’ that could be linked to higher rates of obesity and that they exercised fewer hours when compared to their heterosexual female peers

A study published last month by the project’s lead investigator, S. Bryn Austin, concluded that young gay and bisexual men were more concerned with being lean than their heterosexual male counterparts . The study found that both heterosexual and homosexual males were concerned with their muscles at a young age.

‘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,’ said the scientific paper.

‘There were no sexual orientation differences in odds of being muscle-concerned.’ 

The study also investigated body issues among young men and suggested that they should be screened to ensure they didn't have too much of a preoccupation with their biceps.



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How do they know that "75% are obese?"

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

How do they know that "75% are obese?"

Apparently they weighed every single lesbian...

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So basically, lesbians and heterosexual men are fatter. So, liking women makes you fat.

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So basically, lesbians and heterosexual men are fatter. So, liking women makes you fat.

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Literally none of the dozen lesbians I know are fat. They are all physical fitness psychos. Each one was also a former college athlete so I am not sure where they get the whole "low athletic self esteem" thing. They will be the first ones to tell you that college athletics is chock full of lesbians - it's where almost all of my lesbian friends met! The others met in the military.

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Literally none of the dozen lesbians I know are fat. They are all physical fitness psychos. Each one was also a former college athlete so I am not sure where they get the whole "low athletic self esteem" thing. They will be the first ones to tell you that college athletics is chock full of lesbians - it's where almost all of my lesbian friends met! The others met in the military.

Agree 100%.  Every lesbian I know is super fit. 



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I'm going to file this in the "don't care" column.

I don't think sexual orientation makes you anything.

It does bother me that tax money is going toward these things.

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I'm going to file this in the "don't care" column.

I don't think sexual orientation makes you anything.

It does bother me that tax money is going toward these things.

 I'm fairly sure that we ALL agree with you.

Can you imagine what else that money could have done?!

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lilyofcourse wrote:

I'm going to file this in the "don't care" column.

I don't think sexual orientation makes you anything.

It does bother me that tax money is going toward these things.

 I'm fairly sure that we ALL agree with you.

Can you imagine what else that money could have done?!

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 Agreed. $3.5M is a lot of housing for the homeless or mental health care or veterans' care etc. 



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Yeah, waste of money is an understatement.

I don't really know any lesbians, there's one I work with (sort of, she's a different dept but we're on the same airplanes), but she's a little standoffish so I don't talk to her much. She's overweight.

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Both the lesbians living next door are fat. But I don't really care. I'm in the let's spend the money else where camp.

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I'm overweight and I like WOMEN. So I must be a Lesbian.

 

 



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Waste of money.

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This is easy.

Men are visual, so even gay dudes want other good looking, fit guys, and many of the lesbians have a, um, lack of options if they want a man.

On the other hand, women are not as visual, so male or female, their partners, in general, dont have to be as fit and good looking.

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This is easy.

Men are visual, so even gay dudes want other good looking, fit guys, and many of the lesbians have a, um, lack of options if they want a man.

On the other hand, women are not as visual, so male or female, their partners, in general, dont have to be as fit and good looking.

 You do know that lesbians don't want a man, right? Lesbians ate not sexually attracted to men, so why would they want one? 



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huskerbb wrote:

This is easy.

Men are visual, so even gay dudes want other good looking, fit guys, and many of the lesbians have a, um, lack of options if they want a man.

On the other hand, women are not as visual, so male or female, their partners, in general, dont have to be as fit and good looking.

 You do know that lesbians don't want a man, right? Lesbians ate not sexually attracted to men, so why would they want one? 

 Might as well not want what you can't get, anyway.



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huskerbb wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
huskerbb wrote:

This is easy.

Men are visual, so even gay dudes want other good looking, fit guys, and many of the lesbians have a, um, lack of options if they want a man.

On the other hand, women are not as visual, so male or female, their partners, in general, dont have to be as fit and good looking.

 You do know that lesbians don't want a man, right? Lesbians ate not sexually attracted to men, so why would they want one? 

 Might as well not want what you can't get, anyway.

 Why do you think they can't get men? My lesbian friends are hot, fit, and get hit on all the time by men who don't know they are lesbians. Your statement is juvenile.



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Mellow Momma wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
huskerbb wrote:

This is easy.

Men are visual, so even gay dudes want other good looking, fit guys, and many of the lesbians have a, um, lack of options if they want a man.

On the other hand, women are not as visual, so male or female, their partners, in general, dont have to be as fit and good looking.

 You do know that lesbians don't want a man, right? Lesbians ate not sexually attracted to men, so why would they want one? 

 Might as well not want what you can't get, anyway.

 Why do you think they can't get men? My lesbian friends are hot, fit, and get hit on all the time by men who don't know they are lesbians. Your statement is juvenile.

Um, the study isn't looking at those lesbians.   It's looking  at the 75% who are not fit.



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I need to learn to write grant proposals. I could do a study on why I would prefer to stay at home instead of going to work.
Maybe I could get half a million?

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Not according to Hillary. She thinks stay at home moms are "untapped potential". Because if you don't work outside the home, you are useless...

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If I were elected, I would so away with all these studies. It would save us billions in taxes every year.

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If I were elected, I would so away with all these studies. It would save us billions in taxes every year.

 I would vote for you. 



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If I were elected, I would so away with all these studies. It would save us billions in taxes every year.

 I would vote for you. 

 Yeah but am not rich enough to run and good lord, my background could be so twisted it could make me look like Hillary!  j/k



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G is begging me to run. I have too many skeletons....

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G is begging me to run. I have too many skeletons....

 Yeah but our skeletons are teen stuff and early 20's stuff.  that shouldn't matter. In fact those experiences should bring us closer to the younger voter as well as the voters our age that had the same "skeletons". Seriously, we need to revamp our laws on financing and I know what needs to be revamped.  Just need someone to sign those executive orders that are so popular these days.



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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Ohfour wrote:

G is begging me to run. I have too many skeletons....

 Yeah but our skeletons are teen stuff and early 20's stuff.  that shouldn't matter. In fact those experiences should bring us closer to the younger voter as well as the voters our age that had the same "skeletons". Seriously, we need to revamp our laws on financing and I know what needs to be revamped.  Just need someone to sign those executive orders that are so popular these days.

 President and VP...let's do this!!!!



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Hey. Our skeletons are not documented on social media.

So if it can't be proven, it didn't happen.

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G is begging me to run. I have too many skeletons....

 Yeah but our skeletons are teen stuff and early 20's stuff.  that shouldn't matter. In fact those experiences should bring us closer to the younger voter as well as the voters our age that had the same "skeletons". Seriously, we need to revamp our laws on financing and I know what needs to be revamped.  Just need someone to sign those executive orders that are so popular these days.

 President and VP...let's do this!!!!

 I would also go after SSI.  Cancel the checks for drug addicts.  Oh and would stop the welfare to illegal immigrants (call me Donald) and shore up the borders, handle those here illegally in a different bill. 



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Hey. Our skeletons are not documented on social media.

So if it can't be proven, it didn't happen.

 That is so true!



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Well, if you will come next weekend, we could form a PAC...but since...:(

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Almost as big of a waste of money as the study on bovine flatulence was.

I know a few lesbians, two of them are what would be considered overweight, most of them are average weight but nice looking with the right curves in the right places, and a few could be Victoria's Secret runway models.

I think their sample of lesbians was intentionally somewhat skewed to the hefty size side of the spectrum. Either that or they were an extremely poorly representation of the general lesbian population.

Maybe they were polling at doughnut shops or fast food joints?

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Ohfour wrote:

G is begging me to run. I have too many skeletons....

That will endear you to the voters, lol. 



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