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Obesity as a perceived social signal Nature Precedings
Manasee Mankar; Radhika Joshi; Prajakta Belsare; Maithili Jog; Milind Watve.
Fat accumulation has been classically considered as a means of energy storage. Obese people are theorized as metabolically ‘thrifty’, saving energy during times of food abundance. However, recent research has highlighted many neuro-behavioral and social aspects of obesity, with a suggestion that obesity, abdominal obesity in particular, may have evolved as a social signal. We tested here whether body proportions, and abdominal obesity in particular, are perceived as signals revealing personality traits. 

Faceless drawings of three male body forms namely lean, muscular and feminine, each with and without abdominal obesity were shown in a randomized order to a group of 222 respondents. A list of 30...
Tipo: Poster Palavras-chave: Ecology.
Ano: 2008 URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/2711/version/1
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