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Waist to Hip Ratio Calculator (A measure of Physical Attractiveness)
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Waist To Hip Ratio Calculator for men and women (Waist Hip Ratio Calculator)
Simply fill in your hip and waist size measurement to find out your level of physical attractiveness.
Please use the same unit for waist and hip measurements (either cm or inches)
Waist size measurement (cm/inches): Hip size measurement (cm/inches):   

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             A WHR of 0.7 for women and 0.9 for men have been shown to correlate strongly with general health and fertility. Women within the 0.7 range have optimal levels of estrogen and are less susceptible to major diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disorders and ovarian cancers.[3] Men with WHRs around 0.9, similarly, have been shown to be more healthy and fertile with less prostate cancer and testicular cancer.[4]

WHR is a better measure of assessing a person’s risk of heart attack than body mass index (BMI)[5]. If obesity is redefined using WHR instead of BMI, the proportion of people categorized as at risk of heart attack worldwide increases threefold.[6]

Other studies have not found a correlation between WHR and increased cardiovascular risk or body fat distribution.[7][8][9]

[edit] AttractivenessScientists have discovered that the waist-hip ratio (WHR) is a significant factor in judging female attractiveness. Women with a 0.7 WHR (waist circumference that is 70% of the hip circumference) are usually rated as more attractive by men from European cultures[10]. Such diverse beauty icons as Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Kelly Brook, Alessandra Ambrosio and even the Venus de Milo all have ratios around 0.7, even though they have different weights. In other cultures, preferences vary,[11] ranging from 0.6 in China,[12] to 0.8 or 0.9 in parts of South America and Africa,[13][14][15] and divergent preferences based on ethnicity, rather than nationality, have also been noted.[16] [17]

[edit] IntelligenceWomen with a low waist-hip ratio have been shown in studies to be smarter and have smarter offspring. 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 hip fat that contains polyunsaturated fatty acids critical for the development of the fetus's brain. [18]

[edit] Artificial alterationMany methods have been used to artificially alter a person's apparent WHR. These include corsets used to reduce the waist size and hip and buttock padding used by some transgendered people to increase the apparent size of the hips and buttocks.
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