Big hips 'impair' women's memory

[kenny]

Another reason to loose weight.
I wonder whether this affects men too.

I'm gonna go swimming today, these articles about weight-related health problems motivates me.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10614837

 

[kama_s]

I guess I would be an anomaly, since I am quite hippy but have an excellent (freakishly good) memory. I remember the name of the guy who helped us purchase our duvet 5 years ago - even though I've never seen/spoken to him again. The second week at work my boss asked me if my husband ever got away with anything, because of my mad memory and observance skills

Now, I would be curious to know how this ties in with the SES talk above. Sabine brought up a great point about weight and SES, it is well known that there is a higher % of overweight people in the lower SES group (now before someone pounces on me for saying that not ALL overweight people are lower SES - that is NOT what I am saying - I am talking percentages and yes, it is statistically significant), so being hippy might be correlated somehow with lower SES and thus lower education (and potentially lower memory?).

 

[MonkeyPie]

This must apply to me. I have a goldfish memory AND I'm hippy. Dammit.

 

[Catmom]

Well gosh, no wonder I can't remember a thing!

 

[Kismet]

That's just because they (me!) want to forget that have big hips.

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

It's my hips? All this time I thought it was the predisposition to Alzheimers and being pregnant. FML....

 

[jaysonsmom]

I can disprove this theory....I have no hips, AND my memory sucks!

 

[Jennifer W]

Ha! If this was true, I'd have failed every exam I took at law school.

 

[Girlrocks]

I was going to post a reply but now I can't remember what I was going to say Oh well, maybe I'll remember once I lose a few pounds.

 

[Tuckins1]

Hmmmm... How big is BIG? I have some hips and a butt, but I have an excellent memory.

 

[partgypsy]

Thanks goodness, finally an article that deflects attention away from "apple" shaped people! I keep hearing how bad it is to hold one's weight around the middle, and I will never have a tiny waist, had a little pooch even when I weighed 100 pounds.

Personally I find it hard to believe this article, so many women have larger hips, it's a generalization almost akin to saying "most women are stupid".

It IS interesting though; my mom is an apple shape and overweight, but she does have a very good memory. I have to believe that's a coincidence.

 

[kenny]

I forget how big my hips are.

 

[Arkteia]

I wonder how they advertised for this study? "Big-b..t women invited to participate in a new study... The goal of the study is to measure their IQ?". And further, "study design..."

 

[yssie]

I wonder how they advertised for this study? "Big-b..t women invited to participate in a new study... The goal of the study is to measure their IQ?". And further, "study design..."

Hah!