Beauty and the Body of the Beholder: Raters' BMI Has Only Limited Association with Ratings of Attractiveness of the Opposite Sex.

Guanlin WangChima A Ekeleme-EgedigweAsmaa El HamdouchiJustina SauciuvenaiteRuth BisslandKurosh DjafarianRobert OjiamboHarris RamuthSandra HolasekSonja LacknerAdama DioufCatherine HamblyLobke M VaanholtMinxuan CaoMegan HackerHerculina S KrugerTumelo SeruMark D FariesJohn R Speakman

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2018)

Individual variations in ratings of physical attractiveness were broadly unrelated to rater BMI and suggest that mutual attraction is an unlikely explanation for assortative mating for obesity.

Keyphrases

weight gain
body mass index
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
physical activity
type diabetes
mental health
high fat diet induced
cord blood
skeletal muscle