Reasons why Men are dropping fat women for Slender ladies

Men find thinner women attractive because they associate their body shape with youth, fertility and a lower risk of disease.

This is according to a new study by the University of Aberdeen which found ‘evolutionary fitness’ determines what men find appealing.

This contradicts earlier theories which suggest people are drawn to body types with more fat as they could historically survive a famine.

Professor John Speakman, who co-ordinated the study, said that in evolutionary terms fitness was made up of two things: survival and the ability to reproduce.

‘What we wanted to investigate was the idea that when we look at someone and think they are physically attractive,’ he said.