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“The US government has spent nearly $3 million on a study to explore lesbian obesity. According to the Department of Health and Human Services 69 per cent of American adults over the age of 20 are classified as overweight or obese and yet 75 per cent of America’s lesbian population falls into this category compared to half of the female population.” I would have been happy to tell them what this is all about for the pittance of $1.5million, and taxpayers would have been overjoyed to see how much money I've saved the government. Win win.

Really... Talking about lesbians, and the percentage is 69 in the same sentence... How about some references and relevant shit like that.

“In terms of sexual orientation and obesity, lesbians and bisexual girls and women, along with heterosexual men, seem to be the hardest hit.” And yet, the obvious conclusion never occurs to the researchers.

What researchers?

Old man you are losing it. Get help if you can...

I thought this was a climbing forum. So that means, old, "has been" climbers get to opine about stupid statistics and claim they've always known the answer?

How about some more ludicrous statistics that have nothing to do with climbing?

99% of the people convicted of and imprisoned in response to rape accusations were male
Suicide kills more than conflicts, wars and natural catastrophes. There are 1.5 million violent deaths every year in the world, of which 800,000 are suicides.
Males commit the vast majority of homicides in the United States, representing 90% of the total number of offenders.

I am curious, what, in your eyes, is this all about mr day?

jules wrote:I thought this was a climbing forum. So that means, old has been climbers get to opine about stupid statistics and claim they've always known the answer?

How about some more ludicrous statistics that have nothing to do with climbing?

99% of the people convicted of and imprisoned in response to rape accusations were male
Suicide kills more than conflicts, wars and natural catastrophes. There are 1.5 million violent deaths every year in the world, of which 800,000 are suicides.
Males commit the vast majority of homicides in the United States, representing 90% of the total number of offenders.

Not to hate, but this was posted in the "The Pit (Non-Climbing) Whatever" section of the forum.

Allso yore grama is torrabol!

LK Day wrote:“The US government has spent nearly $3 million on a study to explore lesbian obesity. According to the Department of Health and Human Services 69 per cent of American adults over the age of 20 are classified as overweight or obese and yet 75 per cent of America’s lesbian population falls into this category compared to half of the female population.” I would have been happy to tell them what this is all about for the pittance of $1.5million, and taxpayers would have been overjoyed to see how much money I've saved the government. Win win.

A good example why Instapundit is not a good source of science-related news.

No, nobody spent $3 milling on THAT. The 3 millions that are quoted were spent on US National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, following people ranging in age from the age of 11 to 34, and covering 15 years. (1995-2009) The study follows up everything you could possibly think of, from BMI, to depression, to suicide, to education. You name it. Once you have the data, you can analyze it for anything you want, whether it is association of depression rate with gender, or cancer rate with ethnicity, OR, if you so choose, BMI and sexual orientation. But I promise you, this sort of statistical analysis does not require $3 million. It is the study on the whole that takes resources.

Are you disputing the need for large population longitudinal health studies?

Just exactly when did climbers lose their sense of humor? What a bunch of sour pusses.