Breast size can affect how women exercise and whether they decide to work out at all, according to a large-scale new study of the exercise habits of women of all ages. But little past research has explored whether breast size and potential soreness affect women’s decisions to participate in exercise or if they influence the kinds of exercise that women might — or might not — pursue. A separate questionnaire asked whether the women felt that their breast size had influenced how they exercised. But even among overweight women with small breasts and normal-weight women with large bosoms, the relationship to exercise was unchanged. She and her collaborators, Julie Steele and Deirdre McGhee, professors at the University of Wollongong who also lead Breast Research Australia (BRA), a research initiative at the university that looks at how breast size affects lifestyle, have developed a free app to help active women assess their breast size and bra needs.

Source: Daily Nation March 07, 2019 13:07 UTC