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 project’s 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 Women’s 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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More government insanity
It’s understandable why it might be taking so long. It’s a wide field and there is a lot to study.
They obviously have not yet found a politically correct reason.
It’s obvious. The larger the body, the more likely it is to be able to plug up a dike. ;-P
I couldn’t think of an easier way to waste our taxpayer funds than with a pointless study such as this.
Words are just failing me.
Well, not REALLY, but I’d probably get banned.....
lol
Hahaha ...
I blame Blue Bunny Ice Cream. And beer.
That’ll be $2.87 Million Dollars, please!
They are genetically modified organisms?
Rugs must have more calories than you’d think.
It’s the other way ‘round.
They’re lesbians, because they’re obese.
I hate to see this money go to waist.
Perhaps the gov should start out by studying whether or not they are lesbians BECAUSE they are obese.
(Wow, I really shouldn’t a said that)
The cure is obvious...stop being lesbians.
Maybe if they wore running shoes instead of work boots they’d be inclined to exercise more...
Are they obese because they are lesbians or are they lesbians because they are obese?
Are they just drinking too much chocolate milk?
That made me snort, hahahahahaha!
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