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Body composition differs between men and women, with women having proportionally more fat mass and men more muscle mass. Although men and women are both susceptible to obesity, health consequences differ between the sexes. The purpose of our study was to assess sex differences in body composition...
Both studies also found that women, regardless of gender-type, had thin ideals and greatly overestimated male preferences for slender female bodies. The theoretical implications of these results for gender schema theory and two other theories of gender typing were discussed. It was concluded that it...
Percent total body fat (% fat) estimated from skinfold thickness measures and performances on the modified pull-up, vertical jump, 50-yard dash, and 12-minute-run tests were measured on 55 male and 55 female college students. Males had significantly less fat and performed significantly better ...
The difference between male and female is mainly in upper body. Due to physiological reasons, men's shoulder width and chest size are large and their pelvis is narrow and thin, with a wide and narrow inverted trapezoid. On the contrary, the shoulders are narrow, the chest is small, the ...
As for which female body part got straight men going the most, among guys who preferred average and curvy women, it was the chest; among men who liked thin women, the butt beat out the chest by half a percentage point. No matter what body type they sought out, straight women reported ...
VAT tends to be higher in white and Hispanic youth, whereas SAT is typically higher in African American youth. Asian youth typically have less gynoid fat but more VAT than whites. Obesity per se may attenuate sex and ethnic differences. Particular health risks are associated with high amounts ...
No significant differences in whole-body androgen content were observed among groups of females situated in utero between 0, 1, or 2 males on each side (contiguous male model) or among groups of females with 0, 1, or 2 or more males located caudally (on the cervical side) in the same...
In this study, we investigated foraging behaviour, body fat and hibernation patterns in adult common hamsters (Cricetus cricetus). In addition, we compared the proportion of body fat prior to hibernation between adult and juvenile individuals. We investi
Both male and female subjects identified reliably the emotion of fear, sadness, anger and disgust. Moreover, females were better decoders than males regarding the body movement patterns of disgust, fear, and sadness. Compared to the body movements of the negative emotions, those of the positive...