Women with big bums get clever children
IF you love big bums, here is another reason to sink you deeper in appreciation. Women with big ‘boys’ quarters’ have smart children because hip fat contains polyunsaturated fatty acids critical for the development of the foetus’s brain.<br>
Grain of Science
IF you love big bums, here is another reason to sink you deeper in appreciation. Women with big ‘boys’ quarters’ have smart children because hip fat contains polyunsaturated fatty acids critical for the development of the foetus’s brain.
Using data from the US National Centre for Health Statistics, William Lassek at the University of Pittsburgh and Steven Gaulin of the University of California, surveyed children and their mothers’ figures.
They found that 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 foetuses benefit from a rich supply of useful fatty acids.
IF you love big bums, here is another reason to sink you deeper in appreciation. Women with big ‘boys’ quarters’ have smart children because hip fat contains polyunsaturated fatty acids critical for the development of the foetus’s brain.
Using data from the US National Centre for Health Statistics, William Lassek at the University of Pittsburgh and Steven Gaulin of the University of California, surveyed children and their mothers’ figures.
They found that 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 foetuses benefit from a rich supply of useful fatty acids.