Wang, GuanlinDjafarian, KuroshEgedigwe, Chima AEl Hamdouchi, AsmaaOjiambo, RobertRamuth, HarrisWallner-Liebmann, Sandra JohannaLackner, SonjaDiouf, AdamaSauciuvenaite, JustinaHambly, CatherineVaanholt, Lobke MFaries, Mark DSpeakman, John R2015-10-232015-10-232015-08-25Wang, G, Djafarian, K, Egedigwe, C A, El Hamdouchi, A, Ojiambo, R, Ramuth, H, Wallner-Liebmann, S J, Lackner, S, Diouf, A, Sauciuvenaite, J, Hambly, C, Vaanholt, L M, Faries, M D & Speakman, J R 2015, 'The relationship of female physical attractiveness to body fatness', PeerJ, vol. 3, e1155. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1155http://hdl.handle.net/2164/5110Funding This work was supported by NSFC grant 91431102 from the National Science Foundation of China. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Acknowledgements We are grateful to all the participants from all the countries and all the members of Molecular Energetics Group for their help on the investigation and discussion of the results.1754165engSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingevolutionary studiesmathematical biologyepidemiologypublic healthstatisticsevolutionmate selectionfemale physical attractivenessbody fatwaist to hip ratiofertilityagethrifty gene hypothesishealthQH301 BiologyQH301Journal article10.7717/peerj.11553