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Title: Slim people have best quality sex
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Published: Jun 10, 2009
Author: Pravada
Post Date: 2009-06-10 09:18:17 by tom007
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Slim people have best quality sex Front page / Science / Health 24.05.2006 Source: Increase font size Decrease font size print version Pages: 12 Substantial weight loss could bring big gains in the bedroom, a new study finds. According to U.S. researchers, obese individuals who slimmed down enjoyed enhanced sex lives, on top of feeling healthier. B The report was presented at the Obesity Society's annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Previous research by Martin Binks', director of behavior health at Duke University's Diet and Fitness Center in Durham, N.C., suggested that obese people experienced significantly high rates of difficulty in the quality of their sex lives. However, "little is known about the impact of weight loss on these factors," the researcher said. In their study, Binks and his colleagues examined sexual quality of life data from a weight-loss trial. The trial included 161 obese women and 26 obese men. Data was collected every three months over two years. To measure sexual quality of life, the researchers used items from a standard questionnaire called the Impact of Weight on Quality of Life. Among the factors covered by the survey: feeling sexually unattractive, lack of sexual desire, reluctance to be seen undressed, difficulty with sexual performance, avoidance of sexual encounters, and lack of enjoyment of sexual activity. On average, people in the study lost 13 percent of their initial body weight over the two years of the study, Binks said. "At the beginning of the trial, both male and female participants indicated that they were experiencing significant difficulty in all areas of sexual quality of life," he noted. Women reported more difficulty than men, Binks said. "For women, not wanting to be seen undressed and not enjoying sexual activity were particularly troublesome," he said. However, the sex lives of both men and women improved substantially as the pounds melted away. "Improvements in the quality of sexual life were directly related to weight loss and seemed to reach their maximum at about 12 percent weight loss," Binks said. Sixty-seven percent of the women said they felt sexually unattractive at the start of the study. "That prevalence dropped to 26.4 percent at one year and remained stable," Binks said. "Not wanting to be seen undressed went from 62.7 percent to 34.3 percent," he added. There were similar reductions in the other areas, Binks said.
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tom... We need to discuss the quality of your reading material, your age and photos posted.
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The quality of the photo is beyond reproach.
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