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Men find thinner women attractive because they associate their body shape with youth, fertility and a lower risk of disease. This contradicts earlier theories which suggest people are drawn to body types with more fat as they could historically survive a famine. 男性会认为体型偏瘦的女性更有魅力，因为他们将纤细的身材同年轻、生育能力和降低的患病风险联系在一起。而这与早些时候人们树立的理论——更为丰满的体型会吸引男性，因为从历史层面上讲，它们能扛得住饥荒——相矛盾。 Professor John Speakman, from the University of Aberdeen coordinated the study. He said that in evolutionary terms fitness was made up of two things: survival and the ability to reproduce. 这项研究由来自亚伯丁大学的约翰·斯皮克曼教授协调组织。教授称从进化的角度来考虑，身体健康指存活和生育能力这两点。 'What we wanted to investigate was the idea that when we look at someone and think they are physically attractive,' he said, 'Are we actually making that assessment based on a hard-wired evolutionary understanding of their potential for future survival and reproductive ability?' 他表示：“我们进行这项研究旨在调查，当我们觉得某人的身材格外吸引人时，我们做出的这一评判是否真的建立在对其未来生存与繁育潜在能力的根深蒂固的进化理解上？” | 
