Good news for those of us with hips

[rmncwrtr]

Study: Curvy Women Live Longer, Give Birth to Smarter Children

 

Monday , November 12, 2007

 

Real women don't just have curves, they also are smarter, live longer and give birth to smarter children, according to a new study.

 

In the research, scientists at the University of Pittsburgh and University of California, Santa Barbara, used data from a study of 16,000 women and girls, which collected details of their body measurements and their scores in cognitive tests. The study was published in the journal of Evolution and Human Behavior.

 

Click here to see an abstract of the study (full study available for purchase)

 

They found that women with a greater difference between the waist and hips scored significantly higher on the tests, as did their children, according to a report in The Sunday Times Online.

 

For study purposes, curvy women were defined as those whose waists are smaller than their hips. The researchers suggest that the fat around fuller hips and thighs holds higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential for the growth of the brain during pregnancy. Fat around the waist, on the other hand, may have higher levels of omega-6 fatty acids, which are less suited to brain growth, the researchers said.

 

Waist fat can also be a contributory factor in diabetes and heart disease, which is why curvy women are also believed to live longer than their straighter counter parts, research shows.

 

Thinner or linear-shaped women lack both omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids around their waists and hips, which would be likely to boost longevity, but have little effect on intelligence.

[Recycled]

Does this mean that we're suppose to add curvy women to the list of good Omega-3 foods to eat?

 

Hannible Lector would be delighted.

[RocNoggin]

I know I love to eat them! ;-)

[tanstaafl]

"For study purposes, curvy women were defined as those whose waists are smaller than their hips."

 

Interesting definition.

[JosephH]

The assumption then being that the study only included women with waists. In today's society I see fewer and fewer waists every year - it's definite a declining pool of research subjects.

 

PS Mine is beginning to fade as we speak - ah, winter..

Edited November 28, 2007 by JosephH

[sk]

Study: Curvy Women Live Longer, Give Birth to Smarter Children

 

Monday , November 12, 2007

 

Real women don't just have curves, they also are smarter, live longer and give birth to smarter children, according to a new study.

 

In the research, scientists at the University of Pittsburgh and University of California, Santa Barbara, used data from a study of 16,000 women and girls, which collected details of their body measurements and their scores in cognitive tests. The study was published in the journal of Evolution and Human Behavior.

 

Click here to see an abstract of the study (full study available for purchase)

 

They found that women with a greater difference between the waist and hips scored significantly higher on the tests, as did their children, according to a report in The Sunday Times Online.

 

For study purposes, curvy women were defined as those whose waists are smaller than their hips. The researchers suggest that the fat around fuller hips and thighs holds higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential for the growth of the brain during pregnancy. Fat around the waist, on the other hand, may have higher levels of omega-6 fatty acids, which are less suited to brain growth, the researchers said.

 

Waist fat can also be a contributory factor in diabetes and heart disease, which is why curvy women are also believed to live longer than their straighter counter parts, research shows.

 

Thinner or linear-shaped women lack both omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids around their waists and hips, which would be likely to boost longevity, but have little effect on intelligence.

 

yayayyayayayy this is the best news i have read all day

[minx]

my son must be a genius and i'm going to live to be 125

[G-spotter]

pics?

[minx]

of the IQ test or birth certificate?

[rmncwrtr]

yayayyayayayy this is the best news i have read all day

 

Thought you'd like it which is why I posted it :kisss:

 

my son must be a genius and i'm going to live to be 125

 

Yep, Minx, my three should get full-ride academic scholarships and I'll be hitting three digits easy.

 

When I was around twenty-six and single, one of the engineering supervisors (a man around forty) made a crack about my child-bearing hips in front of his entire group. I was so embarrassed. I had never swore at work, but I said a few choice words that day, surprising him and everyone else. The guy never spoke to me again

[JayB]

"They found that women with a greater difference between the waist and hips scored significantly higher on the tests, as did their children, according to a report in The Sunday Times Online."

 

Unstated here is that the correlations only hold if the delta is a result of the hips being larger than the waist.

 

It'd be interesting to see what correlations you'd find for men with chests larger than their waists.

 

 

[ericb]

.........It'd be interesting to see what correlations you'd find for men with chests larger than their waists.

 

 

Fast times up Mailbox Peak perhaps, but certainly not intelligence

[Fairweather]

[JayB]

I'd be willing to bet that not being obese has some correlation with intelligence, social status, etc. At the extreme end of the IQ scale, I think that the hip:chest ratio in males converges to about 1, or at least that's the impression that my time in various math/chemistry/physics departments would suggest.

 

Rail-thin with a beard and glasses seems to be the ultra-high IQ phenotype.