Eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors in the LGBT population: a review of the literature

LL Parker, JA Harriger - Journal of Eating Disorders, 2020 - Springer
Background According to past research, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)
individuals experience a higher prevalence of psychopathology, which is attributable to the …

Cancer and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) populations

GP Quinn, JA Sanchez, SK Sutton… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This article provides an overview of the current literature on seven cancer sites that may
disproportionately affect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, and …

A systematic review of cardiovascular disease in sexual minorities

BA Caceres, A Brody, RE Luscombe… - … journal of public …, 2017 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Background: Mental health and HIV disparities are well documented among sexual
minorities, but there is a dearth of research on other chronic conditions. Cardiovascular …

Cancer survivorship and sexual orientation

U Boehmer, X Miao, A Ozonoff - Cancer, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations are not part of cancer surveillance,
resulting in scarce information about the cancer survivorship of these populations. To …

Sexual orientation disparities in cancer-related risk behaviors of tobacco, alcohol, sexual behaviors, and diet and physical activity: pooled Youth Risk Behavior …

M Rosario, HL Corliss, BG Everett… - … journal of public …, 2014 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We examined sexual orientation disparities in cancer-related risk behaviors
among adolescents. Methods. We pooled data from the 2005 and 2007 Youth Risk Behavior …

Education attainment and obesity: differential returns based on sexual orientation

S Assari - Behavioral Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: Although high educational attainment is linked to better health and lower
health risk behaviors, this effect may be systemically smaller for racial and ethnic minority …

A life history approach to the female sexual orientation spectrum: Evolution, development, causal mechanisms, and health

S Luoto, I Krams, MJ Rantala - Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2019 - Springer
Women's capacity for sexual fluidity is at least as interesting a phenomenon from the point of
view of evolutionary biology and behavioral endocrinology as exclusively homosexual …

Adult health behaviors over the life course by sexual orientation

U Boehmer, X Miao, C Linkletter… - American journal of …, 2012 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We estimated differences in health behaviors among adults by sexual
orientation. Methods. We pooled 4 years of data (2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007) from the …

Disparities in weight and weight behaviors by sexual orientation in college students

MN Laska, NA VanKim, DJ Erickson… - … journal of public …, 2015 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We assessed disparities in weight and weight-related behaviors among college
students by sexual orientation and gender. Methods. We performed cross-sectional …

Disparities in physical health conditions among lesbian and bisexual women: A systematic review of population-based studies

JM Simoni, L Smith, KM Oost, K Lehavot… - Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
We conducted a systematic review to assess evidence for disparities for lesbian and
bisexual women (ie, sexual minority women [SMW]) in comparison with heterosexual …