Gynoid fat distribution
[4] It is proposed that babies which are breast-fed are more likely to have increased cognitive capabilities due to these fatty acids being present in the breast milk, as they have been suggested to aid early brain development in fetuses and newborns.
[6] Gynoid fat contributes toward the female body shape that girls begin to develop at puberty; it is stored in the hips, thighs and bottom.
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome, characterised by low estrogen, display more male type fat distributions such as a higher waist-to-hip ratio.
Conversely, men who are treated with estrogen to offset testosterone related diseases such as prostate cancer may find a reduction in their waist-to-hip ratio.
[16] Sexual dimorphism in distribution of gynoid fat was thought to emerge around puberty, but as of 2005[update] has been found to exist earlier.
[18][19] Inversely, transgender women, or those who begin feminizing hormone therapy, experience the formation of gynoid fat along with natural breast development.
[25] Similarly, a high WHR has been associated with impairment in the pregnancy rate of IVF (in vitro fertilisation) embryo transfer women due to the higher levels of android fat distribution.
[28] Other examples include fat transfer micrograft surgery,[29] which involves the deposition of adipose tissue, previously taken from the waist, into the buttocks.
Females considered the most attractive are all within the normal weight range with a waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) of about 0.7, regardless of body mass index (BMI), and this finding can be seen as consistent across Indonesian, Chinese, White and African-American young men and women.
[29][33] Psychologists have argued that evolutionary selection processes have facilitated this relationship between WHR and female attractiveness, which has resulted in a consensus that seems to transcend cultural boundaries.
