Open AccessPerception of fatness
Author(s) -
Małgorzata Jałkiewicz
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
anthropological review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2083-4594
pISSN - 1898-6773
DOI - 10.18778/1898-6773.60.08
Subject(s) - attractiveness , anthropometry , perception , psychology , stereotype (uml) , social psychology , cognitive psychology , medicine , neuroscience , psychoanalysis
The study’s objective was to find out whether there is a relationship between bodily fatness traits described with anthropometric measurements and the assessment of the physical attractiveness of people with different degree of fat deposition. Furthermore, an attempt was made to answer the question whether we perceive the physique of another man as a whole or if we pay more attention to certain parts of the body and whether there is a stereotype of desirable fat deposition.