Facial adiposity: A cue to health?
Facial adiposity: A cue to health?
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DOI：
10.1068/p6423
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
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影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Stephen, Ian D.
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作者：
Coetzee, Vinet;Perrett, David I.;Stephen, Ian D.
面部对称性、平均性、两性异形和肤色/质地都是吸引力的线索，但它们在健康感知中的作用不太清楚。这种模糊性可能反映了这样一个事实，即这些面部特征并不是健康的唯一线索。我们认为肥胖是一个重要的，但迄今为止被忽视的，健康的面部线索。我们的研究结果证明了任何健康提示的两个重要先决条件。首先，我们表明，面部肥胖，或在脸上的重量的感知，显着预测感知健康和吸引力。其次，我们发现，面部肥胖与心血管健康和报告感染的措施显着相关。因此，感知的面部肥胖或其相关性是一个重要而有效的健康提示，应纳入未来的研究。
Facial symmetry, averageness, sexual dimorphism, and skin colour/texture all serve as cues to attractiveness, but their role in the perception of health is less clear. This ambiguity could reflect the fact that these facial traits are not the only cues to health. We propose that adiposity is an important, but thus far disregarded, facial cue to health. Our results demonstrate two important prerequisites for any health cue. First, we show that facial adiposity, or the perception of weight in the face, significantly predicts perceived health and attractiveness. Second, we show that perceived facial adiposity is significantly associated with measures of cardiovascular health and reported infections. Perceived facial adiposity, or a correlate thereof, is therefore an important and valid cue to health that should be included in future studies.