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The relative contributions of waist-to-hip ratio and body mass index to judgements of attractiveness

Jan M. B. Wilson
,
Dean A. Tripp
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Fred J. Boland
Pages 245-267 | Published online: 26 Jul 2007

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Rebecca Glauert, Gillian Rhodes, Bernhard Fink & Karl Grammer. (2009) Body dissatisfaction and attentional bias to thin bodies. International Journal of Eating Disorders 43:1, pages 42-49.
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