Why are more women obese than men?

[Anonymous]

Culture

Less self control

Hormones

Anxiety and depression

To try to get a big butt

Other reason

[D_Bone_Steak]

I voted to try and get a big butt. I'm a tween gen x and millinial. Rap music changed the game and for some reason everyone wanted fat titts and fat asses all of a sudden when I was still humping my pillow to chicks that had ripped abs.

That evolved somehow through the fat acceptance movement nd I really hate ghetto black culture now... yuck.

It all comes down to being lazy... I still remember the early 1980's when physical fitness was still a thing. Most of these people around me just combined gangster rap to being lazy and pointless in life. Not my problem you ninja lovers.

[Anonymous]

Less self control than men, coupled with the idiotic body positivity movement.

[alli-112]

I mean, the obesity rates are actually fairly similar overall between the binary sexes, though it does depend on which studies you look at and what their specific metrics are.

I think this perception however, comes from the fact that the body positivity movement really wasn't embraced as much for and by men, so larger women are probably more likely to feel comfortable in public and be seen in media compared to larger men. (Ex. you're way more likely to see a plus sized female model than a plus sized male model) It's essentially a cultural thing. Might shift over time, but who knows?

[D_Bone_Steak]

I liked your cultural perspective... compare it to the one I gave.

[alli-112]

@D_Bone_Steak Read it, I don't really agree based on personal experience, though I obviously wasn't alive during the period you're talking about.

[Apple1996]

Im not sure if that's true but in general women need more fat on their bodies then men so its probably easier for women to get obese because we already start off with more fat even if were skinny

[Bricealan]

Obesity is equally spread (no pun intended) among men and women here in CA

[Flower7]

The rates of male and female obesity are almost equal, actually. I just looked it up.

[Anonymous]

You’ve never been to the beach then , there’s a lot of fat men at the beach.