Overweight? It pays to be a man

Overweight women tend to end up with lower-quality mates - but excess kilos are no disadvantage for men, a psychologist has found.

28 Apr 2011

Dr Alice Boyes, a New Zealander who returned from Britain six months ago to rejoin her partner in Christchurch, says heavier women pair with men who give themselves low ratings on scales of "attractiveness/vitality" and "status/resources". Read the article.

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