Hunger tells men what women they like
I read this on the BBC’s website. Pretty interesting if you ask me, though not directly related to weight loss. According to a study hungry men are attracted to heavier women. The study will be published in The British Journal of Psychology. It says that in countries with less food larger women are considered more attractive, while in, for example, Western Europe, slimmer women are preferred. It all comes down to a primitive survival preference.
They recruited male university students as they entered or exited a campus dining hall during dinner time.
They asked the men to rate how hungry they were on a scale of one to seven. Using these responses, the researchers selected 30 hungry and 31 satiated men to take part in the study.
The men were then asked to rate the attractiveness of 50 women of varying weights, all within a healthy range, who had been photographed wearing tight grey leotards and leggings.
The hungry men rated more of the heavier women as attractive than the men who were full up.
Dr Tovée said: “This shows how physiology does impact on our perceptions and thought processes.”