Curvier women are also smarter, study says

[yourworld]

<p>[Study:</a> Curvy hips lure men to smart women : Science Technology](<a href=“http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/140284.html]Study:”>http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/140284.html)</p>

<p>Sounds guys knew what they want.</p>

[yourworld]

<p>Heres URL:</p>

<p>[Study:</a> Curvy hips lure men to smart women : Science Technology](<a href=“http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/140284.html]Study:”>http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/140284.html)</p>

[corranged]

<p>From the article:

A study of 16,000 women determined those with hourglass figures were more intelligent than their counterparts with round or straight bodies, The Sunday Times of London reported.</p>

<p>Curvier women also tended to have more intelligent children, possibly because omega3 fatty acids are stored in their hips, the British newspaper said.

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<p>From Wikipedia - [Female</a> body shape](<a href=“Female body shape - Wikipedia)%5DFemale”>Female body shape - Wikipedia))

**Hourglass shape<a href=“Triangles%20opposing,%20facing%20in”>/b</a>:
the waist circumference is less than 75% of the chest or hips circumferences, which are virtually the same. Body fat distribution tends to be around both the upper body and lower body. Their body typically enlarges the arms, breasts, hips and rear before other parts, including waist and upper abdomen.</p>

<p>A study of over 6,000 women carried out by researchers at the North Carolina State University around 2005 found that 46% were Banana (rectangular), just over 20% Pear, just under 14% Apple, and 8% Hourglass[1]

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[binx]

<p>It says “hourglass” but goes on to say only that they compared waist to hip ratios, so does that include pear, too? </p>

<p>I need to know if I’m smart or not.</p>

[yourworld]

<p>What shape the other 12% ?</p>

[corranged]

<p>Binx, this description is shorter than the one on wikipedia (sorry for the broken link…) and is easier to understand, since it describes the terms in inches instead of percents:

Of the 6,000 women’s body shapes analysed, 46 per cent were described as rectangular, with the waist less than nine inches smaller than the hips or bust. Just over 20 per cent of women were bottom-heavy “spoons”, or pear shapes, with hips two inches larger than busts or more, while almost 14 per cent were “inverted triangles” - women whose busts were three or more inches bigger than their hips.

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<p>I was sort of wondering that too, Yourworld…</p>

[binx]

<p>Here is a rather humorous look at the same subject - leave it to the Brits.
[US</a> eggheads in spurious va-voom/intelligence linkage | The Register](<a href=“http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/12/curves_equals_brains/]US”>US eggheads in spurious va-voom/intelligence linkage • The Register)</p>

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So if the American academics’** theories are correct, the women of the 1950s should have been hugely cleverer than those of today. And their children - the over-50s - ought to be noticeably smarter than we morlocks of the following generations, produced by increasingly slab-sided modern women.

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[bethievt]

<p>I know I’m really smart.</p>

[Kayleigh_9109]

<p>Umm I disagree! I think I’m fairly smart and I’m pretty much the same size all the way around (tiny!)</p>

[dragonmom]

<p>binx, well crud, I thought I would be getting my due at last.
OTOH, the waist/hip measurements cited are downright crazy - 40 something hips with a 24 inch waist? Only Barbie… or only a 17 year old with ample fat and estrogen reserves - oh wait, I just defined a good Paleozoic breeder.
I still maintian that ample-hipped ladies must be more intelligent… witness their majority on this forum!</p>

[99cents]

<p>I look like the picture of the woman on the right. What shape is that? Rotund? :)</p>

[coureur]

<p>My friend who is active on the internet dating scene says that “curvy” is how women with a serious overweight problem often describe themselves in the on-line ads. Is that what we are talking about here?</p>

[yourworld]

<p>Serious overweight is big all the way around. We are talking about small waist big hip and possibly ample breasted females here, the hour-glass women.</p>

<p>Whats lacking in clarification is age distribution of the test subjects.</p>