Lesbian and bisexual women are disproportionately overweight in comparison with heterosexual women. But if doctors offered more targeted health guidance, could it help?
To try to answer that question, researchers enrolled women who self-identified as both overweight and lesbian or bisexual in a study in which doctors stressed health care interventions specifically tailored to them. Focus groups suggested, for instance, that lesbian and bisexual women generally did not respond well to weight-loss appeals emphasizing appearance or body size. The study was published in Women’s Health Issues.
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