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Beauty is in the body of the beholder

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It's official: thin is in when beauty is in question. Jessa Netting reports.

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  1. Tovée,M. J., Emery, J. L., Cohen-Tovee, E. M. The estimation of body mass index and physical attractiveness is dependent on the observer's own body mass index. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 267, 1987 - 1997 2000.

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Netting, J. Beauty is in the body of the beholder. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news001019-7

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