Gentlemen, get your passports updated and brush up on your Cockney Rhyming Slang: We're moving to England. A new study shows that average breast size in the UK has grown from a 34B to 36C. British department store Marks & Spence alone has doubled th amount of D-cup bras sold in the last three years.
I know what you're thinking, but cosmetic surgery isn't the reason. British nutritionists and gynecologists blame the increase on a range of factors, including obesity, hormones, alcohol consumption and environmental factors. In fact, a large amount of cup-size increases in British females might be explained by the high rates of hormone replacement therapy undertaken by menopausal women. The unusually high levels of estrogen might encourage breast tissue to grow, along with possibly increasing the risk of breast cancer.
Some British experts disagree with the hormone-replacement theory, and instead blame a cocktail of xeno-estrogens that could come from a wide variety of products, including lipstick and tampons.
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