New study shows that curvy women might be smarter because of the fatty acids in their hips

Today, the BBC made my morning with the following words: "Women with curvy figures are likely to be brighter than waif-like counterparts and may well produce more intelligent offspring." Apparently in a US study of 16,000 women and girls, they found that the curvier girls and their children did better in cognitive tests. Evolution and Human Behaviour researchers suggest that this has to do with the fatty acids found in the hips. (Or rather, the fatty acids found in the fatty asses.) The acids in our hips are said to be filled with Omega-3, which helps improve women's mental abilities, and therefore her child's if she's pregnant.

While it's great to think that sitting here on my ass eating chocolate chip cookies is going to make me smarter, I doubt it, and so does Martin Tovee of Newcastle University as she's says of the study: "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." Well, it's nice to dream...

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[via The BBC]
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bexkee

To 'tHE dAMNED'

No need to spell it in caps. The hatred and ignorance seething within you is clear enough.

Your statement is ridiculous. Going by that arguement, does that mean naturally thin women are dimwitted and deliberately uneducated as they only need to require their slim bodies to obtain a man and keep him? Grow up sunshine.

Maya

To "the damned"

Let me preface this by saying that, though possessed of a few omega-3 reserves, I am not by any estimation "fat." Actually--scratch that; it's not even relevant to what I'm about to say.

That is this: women are held to higher standards. Go into the schools. If you ask any of the girls in the room to write down what they have to worry about, you will get a list encompassing everything from physical appearance to family welfare, from relational well-being to grades. If you ask a male student the same thing, you will receive the answers: 1. Parents 2. Friends 3. Fitness.

If you believe that fat women are ugly (again, an unbalanced standard), that alone is within your rights. I would ask you, however, what you feel you must do to "atract [sic] a mate" as, ostensibly, a male. If this answer has come within five miles of artificial cheese flavoring, we may consider the argument moot.

Cheers,

Maya

tHE dAMNED

Fat women do better in cognitive tests because they have to be smart in order to compensate being ugly. got it? here: i'll spell it in caps: FAT WOMEN ARE UGLY AND THE ONLY WAY THEY'LL ATRACT A MATE IS IF THEY PROVIDE SOMETHING INTERESTING TO SAY!

arkz

and thats why i like my women curvy

MammaLoves

This is the best news I've heard all year!!

Pass me a doughnut.

New study shows that curvy women might be smarter because of the fatty acids in their hips

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