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Published online 14 January 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040112-5
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An equation for attraction
People rate shapeliness based on a girl's ratio of volume to height.
Some people say it's long legs that count, others say it's the bits on top.
But according to a Hong Kong study, the best way to judge a woman's attractiveness is to take her volume in cubic metres and divide it by the square of her height.
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