From the Toronto Star:
Bra size at 20 may predict Type 2 diabetes risk: Study.
“…figures still show that women who wore B, C and D cups developed the disease at higher rates than women who wore A cup bras.”
Is anyone else reading this and thinking it’s a rather misguided and bizarre way to perform a medical study?
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three comments
gee, well I wonder what happens to this study when they factor in the fact that a lot of women end up wearing the wrong bra size...
Silly.
Posted by Maureen
January 30, 2008, 2:37 AM
And according to another study those of us with small breasts are doomed to have stupid children. (Sigh). I'd really like to see a study done to determine whether or not anybody actually takes these studies seriously.
Posted by Natalie
January 30, 2008, 3:51 PM
Yes I saw this story on the local TV news. Wouldn't it just more prudent and accurate to say that obesity is linked to mature-onset diabetes? Why does it have to be about women's bodies...yet again? Not that everyone who has large breasts is obese. Sheesh. And not that B or C or D cup are particularly large. But I mean really. We already know what causes diabetes. Is this some stupid hook to get people talking about diabetes? Isn't there a better way? Or was it a good excuse to show a lot of breasts on the news? (Finally! Bras are newsworthy!)
Posted by piKe
January 31, 2008, 8:03 PM
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