Is Fat On Your Hips Better for Your Brain than Fat On Your Belly?

re: Is Fat On Your Hips Better for Your Brain than Fat On Your Belly?

PrincessEmmy — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:49:30 GMT

What about people whose genetics aren't in favor of the hourglass shape? I have a pretty much rectangular shape (same bust, waist, hip measurement). When I lose weight, I lose it in the hips, not in the waist like every other girl. Is this a problem?

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Magnolia — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:14:01 GMT

So, if I had an hourglass figure and had one child, that child would be smarter than the subsequent ones I had after I developed a tummy?

I think it would be better to eat a healthy diet for your nutritional type throughout your pregnancy and stop worrying about your shape so much, whether it is thin, curvy or round.

Obesity and anorexia are at two ends of the spectrum of weight. Somewhere in between there is a large bracket of varied shapes and sizes that can be considered healthy. Stay within the healthy range and be happy.

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TWS500 — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:36:22 GMT

What about fat on the brain...?? I know some people like that...!!!!

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fruitgirl07 — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:47:50 GMT

I have a small waist and slightly big hips, and men find me totally attractive. I love my hourglass figure! And I keep it up by eating right and not drinking milk. DO YOU HEAR THAT, PEOPLE? Milk is not good for you! All these ads with celebs drinking milk to so-called keep their figure up... all LIES!!! There are other ways of getting calcium and vitamin D than drinking milk. : )

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gad — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:52:16 GMT

It may be an issue of cause and effect. Maybe women with smarter children have bigger hips because they spent more time getting an education which they consciously and intentionally passed to their children by spending time sitting reading and doing educational activities with their children. Obviously, studying and reading are not activities that challlenge your cardiovascular system. :)

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AZhiker — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:44:38 GMT

This is great news for my oldest, not so great for my youngest. It is giving me a bit of an uncomfortable feeling to consider the apparent difference in level of cleverness of my children based on the size of my waist when they were conceived. Hopefully just having an ample backside means there is enough Omega 3 for the baby.

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Conscious Evolution — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:04:01 GMT

I like big butts and I cannot lie...all my brother cannot denie... when a girl walks in with a itty bitty waist... a big ole........... well you get the picture. :)

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kfarias_203 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:39:16 GMT

Mercolapy:......

He didn't say it made the women more intelligent; read again, he said "the offspring, or children are more intelligent" of women that had an hourglass figure, and its just a study.....

I have an hour glass figure, all four of my daughters scored high on their SAT's and were great students, however, they were also all breastfed and weren't brought up on sweets and bread and were encouraged to LEARN in school.... .

As for me, I'm dumber than a box of hair, so it certainly didn't raise my IQ. LOL. Nuff said....

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Carmela — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:48:53 GMT

I'd rather have half a brain than walk around with those big hips.

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miragemama — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:59:15 GMT

What is the IQ on the barfers and starvers? Are fat people healthier (emotionally and physically) then the people who are bulimic and/or anorexic? What about happier? That would an interesting study. Yes give us another study please.......

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tinantaz — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:48:45 GMT

If you say that an hour-glass is sexy, I think it's sexy. Whatever turns you on, turns me on. By the way, I have an hourglass shape and very healthy and intelligent. I am at the normal weight for me. Whatever normal is to you. Normal to me is not sick and not so overweight that you cannot run a mile or do 10 push-ups or and kind of strength indurance. I would of loved to have been in the Renaissance era. Today society is so distorted in so many ways and throw in the decandence too. It is exhausting to compete and stand your ground without getting runover. I have gotten to the point where I don't watch T.V. anymore.

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mercolapey100 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:13:38 GMT

I may be looking into this a bit too extensively, but if my research on fat has taught me anything, it's that we convert excess carbohydrate, fat and protein into body fat. To my knowledge, this body fat does not have a specific fatty acid profile, like omega 3 or omega 6. I highly doubt we store omega 3 fatty acids in our hips and omega 6 fatty acids around our middle. We take excess calories and turn it into body fat. Therefore, I cannot understand how a woman would be smarter due to a higher percentage of a specific fat around a specific site on her body. Body fat is body fat regardless of where it is stored.

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mmc88121 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:23:04 GMT

If you eat right for your nutritional type, you will have the amount of body fat, in the areas you are supposed to have it. Provided you also exercise.

Mary

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samurai — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:26:03 GMT

I saw this on the discovery channel. The scientists went to remote areas of the Amazon, and showed pictures of women with varying body types to the natives (that had never been exposed to TV). The photos of women, regardless of race, with a waist/hip ratio of 70% were considered very beautiful. They also did studies on symmetrical faces and how that played a role in what people consider beautiful internationally.