The Freakonomics blog points out a tantalizing tidbit at Slate, which claims curvy women are more intelligent (a notion to which I am not averse):

A study says curvy women are smarter. Sample: 16,000 females. Result: Women with high ratios of hip to waist size “scored significantly higher on [cognitive] tests, as did their children.”

Wow. Not only were the curvy women smarter, but so were their kids. Sounds genetic to me. Could hip-to-waist ratio be a sexual ornament indicating intelligence?

Or, to play the devil’s advocate, is it the higher intelligence that causes these women to eat in a healthy way, resulting in a physical appearance that is considered more attractive?

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