The Body and the Beautiful: Health, Attractiveness and Body Composition in Men's and Women's Bodies.

The dominant evolutionary theory of physical attraction posits that attractiveness reflects physiological health, and attraction is a mechanism for identifying a healthy mate. Previous studies have found that perceptions of the healthiest body mass index (weight scaled for height; BMI) for women are...

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Main Authors: Mary-Ellen Brierley, Kevin R Brooks, Jonathan Mond, Richard J Stevenson, Ian D Stephen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4892674?pdf=render