tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post7181527080614821915..comments2024-02-08T10:40:56.376-06:00Comments on Big Fat Delicious: Breast size linked to diabetes riskvesta44http://www.blogger.com/profile/15480692717585745934noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-78398654512388000642008-02-03T13:17:00.000-06:002008-02-03T13:17:00.000-06:00Hi They are already stating that stomach and upper...Hi <BR/><BR/>They are already stating that stomach and upper torso fat causes so diabetes for people. If it is both the breast tissue and fat that causes diabetes then there should be way more female diabetics than male.<BR/><BR/>I think that you are right that when the truth comes out Fat will be the issue.<BR/><BR/>WilliamWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13449657783278489585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-15891207643145646152008-02-03T10:35:00.000-06:002008-02-03T10:35:00.000-06:00william - maybe they think all breast tissue is co...william - maybe they think all breast tissue is composed only of fat? Or that the bigger the breast, the more fat is stored there? I don't know, but I've seen fat women with large breasts who've lost weight everywhere but their breasts. Does that mean they didn't have much, if any, fat stored there? Studies like this, and the reporting on them, leave so much out that it's hard to see if they are useful or just another tool with which to bash women (and men with their man-boobs).vesta44https://www.blogger.com/profile/15480692717585745934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-61045263444817890302008-02-03T10:12:00.000-06:002008-02-03T10:12:00.000-06:00How can they talk about breast size without mentio...How can they talk about breast size without mentioning breast density? It could not be both breast tissue and breast fat that "supposedly" causes diabetes.<BR/><BR/>With body shape they are always talking about how the body stores fat in regards to heart issues and diabetes.<BR/><BR/>WilliamWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13449657783278489585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-86298588481278960272008-01-31T13:30:00.000-06:002008-01-31T13:30:00.000-06:00Hmm, so the DD boobs (and that's only because that...Hmm, so the DD boobs (and that's only because that was the biggest bra any of the stores sold) I had when I was 11 were hallmarks of future diabetes? And fatness, even though I was 5'4" and 110lbs?<BR/><BR/>Who knew!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-55943107659799741432008-01-31T01:22:00.000-06:002008-01-31T01:22:00.000-06:00How could those researchers publish the results wi...How could those researchers publish the results without exact nubmber?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-11885595818726597442008-01-29T18:45:00.000-06:002008-01-29T18:45:00.000-06:00peggy - yeah, they know lots about bras....NOT!har...peggy - yeah, they know lots about bras....NOT!<BR/><BR/>harpy - I loves me some uppity fat bitches, we rule!vesta44https://www.blogger.com/profile/15480692717585745934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-58765733863102232642008-01-29T18:42:00.000-06:002008-01-29T18:42:00.000-06:00Well obviously I am not "obese" because I have an ...Well obviously I am not "obese" because I have an A-B cup! At a size 24-26! Woohoo! I'm gonna live forever now! <BR/><BR/>And FFS. I wonder if any female doctors were involved in this study at all. Just as most women are not privy to the fine-tuning of male underpants for optimal dangly-bit comfort, most men have no fuckin' clue about bra cup sizes and that they can be 1. arbitrary according to the manufacturer's sizing charts and 2. many women are wearing ill-fitting bras and may have no clue what their actual cup size is (through no fault of their own). And US or British or Euro or east Asian cup sizes? Or did they just go on that rule of "your band size + 4" = A cup, + 5" = B cup" (also crap).<BR/><BR/>This study is complete bunk. "It sort of correlates"? Wow! Did you know that ice cream sales sort of correlate with drowning deaths? And that crap obesity "news" reporting sort of correlates with fat bitches getting uppity? ;)Harpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10452128299643756272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-76715452890467164442008-01-29T18:37:00.000-06:002008-01-29T18:37:00.000-06:00Dr. Thomas Ransom, an endocrinologist with Halifax...<I>Dr. Thomas Ransom, an endocrinologist with Halifax's Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre says bra cup sizes are a marker of obesity.</I><BR/><BR/>I suspect that Dr. Ransom doesn't really understand that cup sizes are relative to band sizes, so a 42D is much larger than a 32D. My band size has changed significantly over the years, but my cup size has always been D/DD.Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-67921023004194486162008-01-29T17:12:00.000-06:002008-01-29T17:12:00.000-06:00Em - that's almost as good as WLS cures insulin re...Em - that's almost as good as WLS cures insulin resistance. Makes ya want to hit those asshats with a clue by four.vesta44https://www.blogger.com/profile/15480692717585745934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-38957485324757257732008-01-29T17:10:00.000-06:002008-01-29T17:10:00.000-06:00I was laughing hysterically, up to this point:He s...I was laughing hysterically, up to this point:<BR/><BR/><I>He said follow-up research is planned to see if breast reduction surgery causes any change in insulin resistance.</I><BR/><BR/>F*ING insane MORONS!!! ARGH. It took 5 years off my life expectancy just reading this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-12856990265393118652008-01-29T16:57:00.000-06:002008-01-29T16:57:00.000-06:00sage - I don't think they even looked at the actua...sage - I don't think they even looked at the actual women, it was all on paper, from the US-based Nurses' Health Study II. So they took information from another study and did their thing with it and came to their conclusions, which I think are probably erroneous (but not having any education in the medical field, what do I know). The thing is, they shouldn't have gone by bra cup size, it's been said that 80% of women are wearing the wrong size bra, so that's going to throw a huge monkey wrench in any statistical analysis done.<BR/><BR/>yellowhammer - before I got correctly fitted, I was wearing 48DD. After correct fitting, 52H. So how do they know those women were wearing the correct size? they don't. Sounds like GIGO to me.<BR/><BR/>becky - Not to mention that the brand and style of bra you wear can change the cup size you need. Since there is no such thing as universal sizing, we have no way of knowing if a bra is going to fit until we actually try it on. I had Goddess bras, all the same style, all the same size. Black, white, and leopard print. The leopard print is the only one that fits correctly. the white ones - cups were smaller than the leopard print (I measured them to be sure of that). The black ones - the band was smaller (again, I measured them). Now, if there's that much difference between different <I>colors</I> of bras within <I>one</I> brand/style, is it any wonder there's so much difference in sizes between brands and styles? I'm amazed any woman can even find one bra that fits correctly. And then to say that bra cup size has a correlation to risk for diabetes? You can tell it was a man who did the research, he doesn't have a clue about tits, other than he probably thinks they're fun to play with.vesta44https://www.blogger.com/profile/15480692717585745934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-57872917210527100332008-01-29T16:32:00.000-06:002008-01-29T16:32:00.000-06:00They found the age-adjusted risk of developing Typ...<I>They found the age-adjusted risk of developing Type 2 diabetes was two times higher for a B cup, four times higher for a C cup and five times higher for a D cup or larger than for women with the smallest cup size.</I><BR/><BR/>So if I was an FF cup (American H cup, I believe) at 20, it's basically a miracle I haven't already dropped dead from Type 2 diabetes, right?<BR/><BR/><I>Dr. Thomas Ransom, an endocrinologist with Halifax's Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre says bra cup sizes are a marker of obesity.</I><BR/><BR/>No, they're <I>not</I>. I had D cup breasts when I had a BMI of freaking 19.8. And when I was 20 and had those FF cups? My BMI was just barely in the "overweight" category. I'm just big breasted - with a narrow ribcage. I don't think he understands how cup sizes work - a thin woman who has <I>proportionately</I> big breasts may have a bigger cup size than a fat woman with <I>proportionately</I> small breasts. Because the fat woman probably wears a bigger band size, so even if her bust measurement is bigger overall, her cup size may be smaller. Argh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-50959451533170903592008-01-29T15:03:00.000-06:002008-01-29T15:03:00.000-06:00Not to mention the fact that cup size is arbitrary...Not to mention the fact that cup size is arbitrary. I can personally wear either a 40 B or a 38 C that I know of. I may be able to wear a 42 A and a 36 D for all I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-10788040371671478422008-01-29T14:24:00.000-06:002008-01-29T14:24:00.000-06:00Well, urgh.This study isn't even really news. Why...Well, urgh.<BR/><BR/>This study isn't even really news. Why are they so focused on boobs? I though we had already established that apple-shaped, or otherwise top-heavy shapes, were correlated with higher instances of adult-onset diabetes? <BR/><BR/>I'm all for female-oriented medical research, but I thought (probably incorrectly) that men were at slightly higher risk?<BR/><BR/>Or was some lonely scientist just looking for an excuse to look at 20-year-old women in their skivvies?Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995698595231660599noreply@blogger.com