Figure 1.
Composite image produced by averaging images of three individuals.
Figure 2.
Example of transformed composite image.
The left image is reduced by 5.73 units of BMI, the middle image is the original composite image, and the right image is increased by 5.73 units of BMI.
Figure 3.
Mean chosen BMI for attractiveness (blue, solid line) and health (red, dashed line) made by women.
Error bars show standard error of the mean. Asterisks indicate the significant difference between preferred BMI for attractiveness and health (* p<.05; ** p<.001).
Figure 4.
Mean chosen BMI for attractiveness (blue, solid line) and health (red, dashed line) made by men.
Error bars show standard error of the mean. Asterisks indicate the significant difference between preferred BMI for attractiveness and health (* p<.05; ** p<.001).
Figure 5.
Correlation between women’s own BMI and preferred BMI for attractiveness.