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Women with mates get heavier.; than single women
Topic Started: Jan 5 2010, 04:39 AM (188 Views)
jon-nyc
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This just in.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/health/05weight.html?8dpc

In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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Luke's Dad
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Why am I not surprised that no men have replied to this thread yet...
The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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big al
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I'll pick up that gauntlet, L'sD.

I think that result is evidence for the survival advantages of long term mates. When our ancestors were roaming the savannah, the woman who could team up with a man for an extended period had a better chance of eating and staying alive. Part of that was the ability to store surplus food as body fat to better survive the times of scarcity. The single woman had to remain leaner to facilitate food gathering on her own.

My hypothesis is that women's bodies and minds still operate this way even though, for most (and almost certainly for the population studied), there is no obvious survival advantage in today's world.

Big Al
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John D'Oh
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big al
Jan 5 2010, 06:17 AM
I'll pick up that gauntlet, L'sD.

I think that result is evidence for the survival advantages of long term mates. When our ancestors were roaming the savannah, the woman who could team up with a man for an extended period had a better chance of eating and staying alive. Part of that was the ability to store surplus food as body fat to better survive the times of scarcity. The single woman had to remain leaner to facilitate food gathering on her own.

My hypothesis is that women's bodies and minds still operate this way even though, for most (and almost certainly for the population studied), there is no obvious survival advantage in today's world.

Big Al
This also explains post-marital male behaviour, since the ability to sit completely motionless all evening staring out of the mouth of the cave, not even moving enough to remove the crumbs, drool and other associated mess from one's body would be a very useful survival trait in avoiding the attentions of sabre-toothed tigers, raging mammoths and what-not.

John D'Oh, the hunter of beasts.
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Piano*Dad
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Maybe this is the answer ...

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The study covered more than 6,000 Australian women over a 10-year period ending in 2006.


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apple
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many Australians are of huger stock than me.
it behooves me to behold
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LWpianistin
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HOLY CARP!!!
What do you mean 'just in'? That's been known for...well, years.
And how are you today?
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