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Research from Victoria University of Wellington has provided new data on health and medicine
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, October 17th, 2010
New research, 'Male preferences for female waist-to-hip ratio and body mass index in the highlands of Papua New Guinea,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from Wellington, New Zealand, "One hundred men, living in three villages in a remote region of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea were asked to judge the attractiveness of photographs of women who had undergone micrograft surgery to reduce their waist-to-hip ratios (WHRs). Micrograft surgery involves harvesting adipose tissue from the waist and reshaping the buttocks to produce a low WHR and an 'hourglass' female figure."
"Men consistently chose postoperative photographs as being more...
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