Women With bigger Bums Are Likely To Give Birth To Intelligent Kids

If what scientists are saying is anything to go by, then,
clearly, the much-despised socialites might have the last
laugh in the long run. Reportedly, women with bigger bums
like socialites Vera Sidika, Hudah Monroe, Corazon
Kwamboka and many others are likely to give birth more
intelligent children.
That’s because fat found in their thighs and bottoms are
needed to develop babies’ brains, scientists said.
Academics claim that these ‘fat banks’ play a vital role in
fuelling the development of newborns’ brains during
breast-feeding – with a woman’s behind acting as a
reserve for vital nutrients.
The study suggests that the ability of women to retain
large fat reserves on their legs and buttocks was a vital
element in survival and the evolution of intelligence.
Professor Will Lassek, a public health epidemiologist at
Pittsburgh University in the United States, said: “The fat
in these areas are also enriched in DHA (docosahexaenoic
acid) which is a particularly important component in the
human brain. It looks as if women have evolved to
accumulate these fats and hold on to them – until a baby
arrives.”
Prof Lassek, whose latest research into the link between
DHA intake and intelligence was published in his book Why
Women Need Fat, added: “It has always been a complete
mystery why women have so much fat. Mammals’ and
primates’ bodies typically have about five to 10 percent of
fat but in human women that rises to 30 percent on
average. This is similar to the levels seen in bears going
into hybernation or whales living in cold Arctic seas.
Women have traded muscle for fat so they are about a
third as strong.”
This must be good news to local socialites who have been
getting a lot of criticism, with some Kenyans putting
their intelligence to doubt. Prof Lassek and his co-
author Steven Gaulin, a professor of evolutionary
psychology at the University of California, Santa
Barbara, have shown how vital the fat stored in women’s
bottoms and thighs is to babies’ brains.
Prof Lassek said: “During nursing, the ‘fat bank’ is
mobilised so the DHA stored there becomes available for
the growing brain. “About 80 percent of the DHA needed
by a baby’s brain comes from a mother’s stored fat.
Less than one percent of body fat is DHA so a lot of fat
has to be shifted. That’s why lactating women may lose a
pound of fat a month.”
David Bainbridge, a reproductive biologist at Cambridge
University who has also studied the female body shape,
said the latest findings could explain why men find
curvy women, such as singer Nicki Minaj, so attractive.
But this idea isn’t new: Research dating back to 2007
showed that gluteofemoral fat is key in producing smart
offspring. In fact, Lassek even hypothesized men could
be attracted to women with large bottoms as an
evolutionary way of ensuring successful children.