Preferred waist-to-hip ratio and ecology

2001/02/01 by Frank W. Marlowe, Frank Marlowe, Adam Wetsman · 12 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Psychology · #Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification #Eating Disorders and Behaviors #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

paper · doi:10.1016/s0191-8869(00)00039-8

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Citations

• Is thin really beautiful and good? Relationship between waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and female attractiveness
• Waist-to-hip ratio and preferences for body shape: A replication and extension
• Adaptive significance of female physical attractiveness: Role of waist-to-hip ratio.

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• Waist-to-hip ratio, body-mass index, age and number of children in seven traditional societies
• The relative contributions of waist-to-hip ratio and body mass index to judgements of attractiveness
• Iranian men's waist-to-hip ratios, shoulder-to-hip ratios, body esteem and self-efficacy
• Large breasts and narrow waists indicate high reproductive potential in women
• Men's preferences for women's profile waist‐to‐hip ratio, breast size, and ethnic group in Britain and South Africa
• Preference for Women's Body Mass and Waist-to-Hip Ratio in Tsimane' Men of the Bolivian Amazon: Biological and Cultural Determinants
• Female body shape [wikipedia]
• Physical attractiveness [wikipedia]
• Waist–hip ratio [wikipedia]