Curvy Women May Be A Clever Bet

BBC News ^ | November 20th, 2009

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Curvy Women May Be A Clever Bet. Nigella Lawson: Curvy figure and an Oxford degree [Pic in URL].

Women with curvy figures are likely to be brighter than waif-like counterparts and may well produce more intelligent offspring, a US study suggests. Researchers studied 16,000 women and girls and found the more voluptuous performed better on cognitive tests - as did their children.

The bigger the difference between a woman's waist and hips the better. Researchers writing in Evolution and Human Behaviour speculated this was to do with fatty acids found on the hips. In this area, the fat is likely to be the much touted Omega-3, which could improve the woman's own mental abilities as well as those of her child during pregnancy.

Men respond to the double enticement of both an intelligent partner and an intelligent child, the researchers at the Universities of Pittsburgh and California said. The findings appear to be borne out in the educational attainments of at least one of the UK's most famous curvaceous women, Nigella Lawson, who graduated from Oxford.

But experts are not convinced by the findings.

"On the fatty deposits being related to intelligence front, it's very hard to detangle that from other factors, such as social class, for instance, or diet," said Martin Tovee of Newcastle University.

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[allmendream]

What man worthy of the name wouldn't?

[allmendream]

Sorry, Laz... had to check replies to #21. ;)

[P.O.E.]

We got scurvy!

Oops, sorry, wrong thread.

[VRWC For Truth]

Nigella Lawson

[Smokin' Joe]

So, “curvy” is code for “fat”?

From the Article: "The bigger the difference between a woman's waist and hips the better."

I believe the waist was supposed to be the smaller measurement.

It is about shape, not mass.

[Kozak]

Yeah, but there’s NOTHING more formidable then a beautiful woman with brains.

[Salgak]

. . and in a New York minute !!