The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
increased birth complications, and lower fertility rates.
Professor Devendra Singh at the University of TexasAustin has studied the pear-shaped 0.7
body and found it popping up in 2,500-year-old stone Venus sculptures across Europe and Asia,
in all Miss America winners from 1923 to 1987 (0.69 to 0.72), in Playboy centerfolds from
1955 to 1965 and 1976 to 1990 (0.68 to 0.71), and across di erent cultures--from Indonesians
and Indian laborers to African Americans and Caucasians.
The good news? If you were born with wide hips, no worries.
Working toward a more slender waist has been shown to have a greater e ect on
attractiveness than reducing hip size. If your WHR is high, dropping it even a little bit will
increase your power (health and hotness) to attract a male partner.
For men, your magic numbers are 0.80.9 for WHR and 0.6 for the waist-to-shoulder ratio
(WSR). Broad shoulders can be built.