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Kurtz
11-13-2007, 02:11 PM
CURVIER women may have smart children because hip fat contains polyunsaturated fatty acids critical for the development of the fetus's brain.

Using data from the US National Center for Health Statistics, William Lassek at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania and Steven Gaulin of the University of California, Santa Barbara, found a child's performance in cognition tests was linked to their mother's waist-hip ratio, a proxy for how much fat she stores on her hips.

Children whose mothers had wide hips and a low waist-hip ratio scored highest, leading Lassek and Gaulin to suggest that fetuses benefit from a rich supply of useful fatty acids (Evolution and Human Behavior, DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.07.005)


Smart Kids (http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg19626295.600-curvy-mothers-have-brainier-kids.html?feedId=online-news_rss20)

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Indigo
11-13-2007, 02:34 PM
I guess that's good news for those of us with wide hips.

:mw

(Btw - MW, this is not another excuse for me to have kids)
Semantics
11-13-2007, 02:35 PM
:D
Wabash
11-13-2007, 03:05 PM
Smart Kids (http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg19626295.600-curvy-mothers-have-brainier-kids.html?feedId=online-news_rss20)

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:devil

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Anything to get that Grant Money! Too funny!
cassandra
11-13-2007, 03:24 PM
:woot Just keeping it on for the kids sake :wink
Kurtz
11-13-2007, 03:34 PM
:woot Just keeping it on for the kids sake :wink


:woot

Me too. :wink
toxic
11-13-2007, 04:33 PM
Quote:
CURVIER women may have smart children because hip fat contains polyunsaturated fatty acids critical for the development of the fetus's brain.

Using data from the US National Center for Health Statistics, William Lassek at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania and Steven Gaulin of the University of California, Santa Barbara, found a child's performance in cognition tests was linked to their mother's waist-hip ratio, a proxy for how much fat she stores on her hips.

Children whose mothers had wide hips and a low waist-hip ratio scored highest, leading Lassek and Gaulin to suggest that fetuses benefit from a rich supply of useful fatty acids (Evolution and Human Behavior, DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.07.005)

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:devil


I think it's because guys with high IQs like fatty asses, not fatty acids.
cassandra
11-13-2007, 04:53 PM
I think it's because guys with high IQs like fatty asses, not fatty acids.

I think you may be on to something. :inlove
sparks
11-13-2007, 04:57 PM
I think it's because guys with high IQs like fatty asses, not fatty acids.


:rofl I think you're right! :rofl
Pristine
11-15-2007, 04:53 PM
:woot
kaaryn
11-19-2007, 04:09 PM
Good to know! :lol
Sassafras
11-19-2007, 04:43 PM
This explains SO much! :ohyeah
crazierthanever
11-22-2007, 05:55 PM
Ah! So now we know why my children all have very high IQs - my wide load bottom each time I was preggers.