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Jun 14

Forget the gym: St Andrews study finds weight loss and muscles don’t work out for the opposite sex – The Times

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Pumping iron and pounding the treadmill may not boost your sex appeal after all, according to a Scottish study that suggests efforts to achieve the perfect body are misguided.

New research suggests that many women favour slim and less muscular men, which may surprise many of Britains gym fanatics.

The study, by St Andrews University, also found that men generally prefer a woman with a fuller figure.

Academics claim that the findings, published in the British Journal of Psychology, challenge commonly held notions of attractiveness in western societies and could help to tackle body image and eating disorders that have risen in recent years.

For the St Andrews study, 169 heterosexual men and women aged between 18-31 were presented with images of male and female

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Forget the gym: St Andrews study finds weight loss and muscles don't work out for the opposite sex - The Times

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