How full a man's stomach is can dictate the type of woman he will fancy, UK research suggests.
A study of 61 male university students found those who were hungry were attracted to heavier women than those who were satiated.
The hungry men also paid much less attention to a woman's body shape and regarded less curvy figures as more attractive.
The study appears in The British Journal of Psychology.
[etc etc]
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.
[full story on BBC Online]
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The alternative spin on this is that being attracted to big units makes you hungry. As well it might.
Comments (4)
Yikes! :o
Posted by Yvonne | July 31, 2006 12:35 AM
Posted on July 31, 2006 00:35
This has to be by far the most useful piece of information I have learned so far this week (bearing in mind that it's Monday at the time of writing).
Posted by Jonathan | July 31, 2006 1:49 PM
Posted on July 31, 2006 13:49
or... maybe the curvier the woman, the more likely she has an abundance of tasty goods with which to share. I know when I'm hungry I'm attracted to the person whose refrigerator is most liekly stocked with Ben & Jerry's.
Mmmm Coffee Heath Bar Crunch.
Posted by Meredith | July 31, 2006 10:09 PM
Posted on July 31, 2006 22:09
weird!
Posted by lisa | August 1, 2006 12:25 AM
Posted on August 1, 2006 00:25