Curvy Women Have Smarter Kids

Why My Kids Grew Up Smart

By Rhetta Akamatsu, published Nov 11, 2007
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Finally, a study has come along which explains why my kids are so smart.

My children are grown now, in their twenties, and both of them are very smart,
even if sometimes they express their smartness in unorthodox ways.

Turns out, it's because I'm curvy.

According to the November 10th issue of New Scientist, two scientists,
William Lassek at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania and Steven Gaulin of
the University of California, Santa Barbara, studied the performance of children on
cognition tests. They found that those children whose mother had wide hips and a low waist
to hip ratio scored better. This, they found, and it's sort of icky to think of, is because
the fetus needs the polyunsaturated fats stored in the mother's hips for brain development. I'm thinking there are some super- model's kids out there in deep trouble.

My kids, on the other hand, never suffered for a moment for those necessary fats. And that's why they're so smart.

My mother was a curvy woman, too. Draw your own conclusions.

Of course, as I said, my kids are grown.

Do you suppose that they can prove that curvier women, because of their stored-up fat supplies, stay smarter throughout middle age and into their elderly years?

If they can, I will have, once again, nothing to worry about.

Takeaways
  • Women with wide hips have smarter children.
  • Women whose waists are not much smaller than their hips have smarter children.
Did You Know?
Folk wisdom has always said that women with wide hips were made for child-bearing. It turns out they were righter than they even realized.
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Gosh...my kids she be brilliant! (chuckle)

Posted on 02/11/2008 at 3:02:35 PM

 
I'm not sure if it's retroactive, but I'll dig around and see if I can find some research for you:)

Posted on 02/11/2008 at 11:02:26 AM

 
You're welcome!

Posted on 02/11/2008 at 11:02:28 AM

 
Do you think it might be retro-active? I was a stick when my kids were born. Now that they are grown, I have given them ample room to catch up with all their counterparts, lol. Fun article! Flip

Posted on 02/11/2008 at 7:02:46 AM

 
Nice to know we're all getting the same validation at the same time:)

Posted on 11/12/2007 at 6:11:00 PM

 
Lol, I just published on this same topic today! Makes you finally feel good to be a full-figured woman.

Posted on 11/11/2007 at 6:11:00 PM

 
WOW..thanks for this new info!..Great article..

Posted on 11/11/2007 at 3:11:00 PM

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