Friday 13 May 2022 02:26 PM Fat people are seen as more interested in long-term relationships, study finds trends now
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While many daters are desperate to find love, others are happy to play the field and settle for short-term flings.
Now, a new study has revealed how your weight influences people's perceptions of your dating intentions.
Researchers from the University of Arkansas claim that fat people are seen as more interested in long-term relationships, while slim people appear to prefer flings.
Researchers from the University of Arkansas claim that fat people are seen as more interested in long-term relationships, while slim people appear to prefer flings (stock image)
A group of 295 participants were shown four male and four female computer-generated bodies that either had high or low fat levels, and either small or large muscles or breasts
In the study, the team set out to understand how our physical features infer our mating preferences.
'Adiposity [being overweight], a traditionally unattractive feature, connotes parental ability that could implicate individuals as preferring long-term mating (LTM) strategies that emphasize monogamy and biparental investment,' the researchers wrote in their study, published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
'This study considered how such bodily features shape perceptions of mating orientations.'
A group of 295 participants were shown four male and four female computer-generated bodies that either had high or low fat levels, and either small or large muscles or breasts.
