Curvy Women May Be A Clever Bet

BBC News ^ | November 20th, 2009

[Steelfish]

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.

[Shimmer1]

I’m THERE! LOL

[wombtotomb]

not buying it. Break it down by race. School stats do not bear this out (and I am one of those mommas with an ample caboose).

[wendy1946]

The curves don't have to be all fatty tissue...

That's an old picture of Katie Sandwina. She could put 300 lbs on a bar and do military presses with it.

[Pistolshot]

I see this thread heading for the gutter in 5......4......3.....2....

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

And, now they are!

[I Buried My Guns]

Everything I know about fat bottomed girls I initially learned from Freddy Mercury.

And who could blame me? As a rock star he obviously had a lot of experience with the ladies......

[VRWC For Truth]

... yea, the brains

[MortMan]

In this thread, a minimal countdown starts at 38... ;-P

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Men respond to the double enticement...

[Pistolshot]

Pssst....Freddie was gay. Sorry to burst your bubble.

[MarineBrat]

Ping to find my way back once the articles are posted.

[yarddog]

I suspect this is simply a fact of health. Women who are healthy tend to be smarter and have better bodies.

I got to thinking about it and every girl I personally knew who had great figures were at least bright.

[WellyP]

Patti Ann Browne comes to mind! http://www.pattiannbrowne.com/

[fr_freak]

Pssst....Freddie was gay. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Actually, Freddy was omnisexual. I believe his exact quote was "I'll go to bed with anything."

[CalvaryJohn]

Curvy women. One of my all time favorite subjects.

[WellyP]

I worked for NYIT doing fiber optic research. My
co-workers didn’t look like Patti!

Browne has a Master’s Degree, Summa Cum Laude (GPA 4.0) in Communication Arts from the New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury, NY. She attended on a full scholarship (teacher assistantship), which involved teaching news-writing and production skills to undergraduates.

[Steelfish]

And not Julia Banderas?

[Salgak]

[ItsForTheChildren]

Patti Ann Browne comes to mind!

Brains, beauty and judging from her appearances on Red Eye, a wicked sense of humor. An absolutely unbeatable combination.

[Richard Kimball]

[Shimmer1]

omg, he was as queer as a 3 dollar bill.

[Hacksaw]

[Lancey Howard]

So, “curvy” is code for “fat”?

[Bernard Marx]

"Hey, hey, Nigella,

Whatcha got cookin'?

How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?

Hey, sweet baby,

Don't you think maybe

We could find us a brand new recipe?"

With a bow to Hank Williams Sr.

[The Cajun]

Them there be bodaciously bountiful wimmins ;^)

[bannie]

(Brains need fat.)

Guess I’m one smart cookie. ;-)

[Hacksaw]

[Hacksaw]

Sorry, I’m on another diet...

[CalvaryJohn]

You say potato, I say potahto.

[ClaudiusI]

That hourglass shape is up there with sunsets, galaxies, and nebulae as the most beautiful of nature’s creations.

[Kiss7]

This is one time Id rather look at Helen Thomas!

[Laura Earl]

Oh..lord
godella!

[tophat9000]

Hip hip horay for T & A !

[martin_fierro]

Spock digs Zaftig

[martin_fierro]

I’d hit that faster’n Laz would.

[Steelfish]

disgusting!

[patriot08]

Curvy doesn't always mean fat:

(I'm not a man, but seems to me Mitzi Gaynor had a spectacular figure.)

What happened to small waists, hips and shapely legs? Most sex icons today look like a fence post with two cantaloups on top.

[allmendream]

[patriot08]

Attractive, but looks like to me she could lose some weight.

[allmendream]

You are SICK man. From WHERE? She doesn't have a belly. She has a healthy weight and a dynamite figure. She looks ready to bear me a healthy smart baby.

Go jump off a Gweneth Paltrow.

[patriot08]

I am not a man.
Sick? Little extreme.
She needs to lose about 10-15 pounds and firm up.

[Rocky]

I like smart women.

[grey_whiskers]

Go jump off a Gweneth Paltrow.

Gwyneth Paltrow?!! /the rules>

Nothing wrong with her...except for her brains.

Hmmm, maybe the article has a point!

Cheers!

[grey_whiskers]

Go jump off a Gweneth Paltrow.

Gwyneth Paltrow?!! /the rules>

Nothing wrong with her...except for her brains.

Hmmm, maybe the article has a point!

Cheers!

[allmendream]

Not enough of anything and too much of nothing.

applicable to both her brains and body.

[grey_whiskers]

Sorry, I like leggy blondes, I married one.

But *my* blonde's IQ is 140+.

Cheers!

[TheArizona]

Can we keep the pictures coming please? I would post some pics myself but I am not sure how to.

TheArizona