Lesbians are 2.5 times more likely to be obese than straight women

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Lesbians are 2.7 times more likely to be overweight and 2.5 times more likely to be obese than heterosexual women according to a study from Boston University's School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Bisexual women were no more likely than straight women to be overweight or obese. Comment

Comment: I assume it is due to hormones

I assume that the same hormonal profile associated with a woman a lesbian, is also responsible for the increased likelihood of being overweight or obese.

REFERENCE

Boehmer U, Bowen D, Bauer G. Overweight and obesity in sexual-minority women: Evidence from population-based data. Am J Public Health. 2007 Apr 26.

AUTHOR’S CORRESPONDENCE

U. Boehmer
Department of Health Services
Boston University School of Public Health
Boston, MA, USA
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