Body size preferences are flexible and can be changed by environment and
circumstance, found a British study that found stressed men prefer
overweight women. Compared to a control group, stressed men rated a
significantly heavier female body size as the most attractive, and they
rated larger female bodies as more attractive in general.
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Earlier research has shown that men also prefer heavier body sizes
when resources are unpredictable or unavailable. Certain evolutionary
theories suggest this may be because when times are tough, a thin woman
may be ill, have irregular periods, and may be unable to support
pregnancy. The study also found that the stressed men gave higher
ratings to a wider range of female figures than did their unstressed
counterparts.
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