Lesbian, bisexual women more likely to be overweight than their heterosexual counterparts, finds study
A new study suggests that lesbian and bisexual women are at a higher risk of being overweight compared to heterosexual women. The study involved more than 90,000 British adults which also found that gay men are less likely to be overweight compared to straight men. The research was published in the Journal of Public Health and is the first of its kind to look into the relationship between sexual orientation and body mass in the UK.
The researchers, who are from the University of East Anglia, said that sexual identity should be considered as a social determinant of health. The study was able to find that women who identified as a lesbian were 41% more likely to be overweight or obese compared to straight women while bisexual women had a 24% increased risk of the same, Daily Mail reported.
