Second, the relative proportion of other traits with respect to body size may be more important, making body size relevant as a combined trait [e.g. [ 32]].
In addition, some studies suggest that facial cues are more important than body characteristics for judgements of men's and women's attractiveness, especially, but not exclusively, when bodies are clothed and when participants judged the attractiveness of potential mates for long-term relationships (e.g., Confer, Perilloux, & Buss, 2010; Currie & Little, 2009; Peters, Rhodes, & Simmons, 2007).
"It's another kind of naked, more important than body parts.
Even more important than body size and metabolism may be the idiosyncrasies of an animal's lifestyle and its particular ecological role.
The resources a female spends doing so are therefore unavailable for turning into eggs.In fact, Ms Watson and Dr Simmons found, horn size was even more important than body size for determining reproductive success.
The feeling of pressure to be thin was more important for body image than actual weight or shape, the researchers found.
In other rivers with weaker flow, directed swimming is likely more important so body size may reasonably have a greater effect on travel speeds in the absence of strong currents.
They also considered that for these older women, muscle mass and strength were more important than body weight for maintaining BMD in the normal (healthy) range.
4 In terms of children's health, CRF may be more important than body mass index (BMI), with CRF being inversely related to children's cardiac risk factors.
One large study [ 6] has shown that both waist circumference and WHR are strongly related to CRC risk in both men and women, supporting the hypothesis that abdominal obesity is a risk factor for CRC in both sexes and suggesting that fat distribution is more important than body weight or BMI in women.
