- Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:24 am
#20360
No shit, they're spending $1.5 million of your money in an attempt to find out.
CNSNews.com) – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $1.5 million by the Obama Administration to study biological and social factors for why “three-quarters” of lesbians are obese and why gay males are not, calling it an issue of “high public-health significance."
“Obesity is one of the most critical public health issues affecting the U.S. today,” the description of the grant reads. “Racial and socioeconomic disparities in the determinants, distribution, and consequences of obesity are receiving increasing attention.”
White House spokesman Josh Earnest explained the study has high potential for public health impact for sexual minorities, as we seek to uncover how processes of gender socialization may exacerbate obesity risk in sexual minority females.
