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dc.contributor.authorSingh, Devendra
dc.contributor.authorDixson, B. J.
dc.contributor.authorJessop, T. S.
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, Bethan J.
dc.contributor.authorDixson, Alan F.
dc.contributor.editor
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-26T23:26:29Z
dc.date.available2021-03-26T23:26:29Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.issn1090-5138
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.09.001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12634/964
dc.description.abstractIn women of reproductive age, a gynoid body fat distribution as measured by the size of waist–hip ratio (WHR) is a reliable indicator of their sex hormone profile, greater success in pregnancy and less risk for major diseases. According to evolutionary mate selection theory, such indicators of health and fertility should be judged as attractive….
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513809000889
dc.rightsCopyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectREPRODUCTION
dc.subjectHORMONES
dc.subjectPREGNANCY
dc.subjectDISEASES
dc.subjectVETERINARY MEDICINE
dc.subjectEVOLUTION
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.subjectFITNESS
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.subjectMATING
dc.titleCross-cultural consensus for waist–hip ratio and women's attractiveness
dc.typeArticle
dc.source.journaltitleEvolution and Human Behavior
dc.source.volume31
dc.source.issue3
dc.source.beginpage176
dc.source.endpage181
html.description.abstractIn women of reproductive age, a gynoid body fat distribution as measured by the size of waist–hip ratio (WHR) is a reliable indicator of their sex hormone profile, greater success in pregnancy and less risk for major diseases. According to evolutionary mate selection theory, such indicators of health and fertility should be judged as attractive….


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