waist to hip ratio
3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 13, 2022 by Dr. Emily Balcetis · across every show →
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Dec 13, 2022
Balcetis: Motivation counteracts body weight effects on distance perception
“When people are more motivated to exercise or to make it to that finish line, that motivation can, in a sense, compensate for that effect of their body on their perception of distance. So that even highly motivated people, people who are highly motivated, even…”
Dec 13, 2022
Jul 4, 2023 neutral
Balcetis: Higher BMI individuals visually perceive distances as farther
“And we found that people who have a higher waist to hip ratio or a higher BMI see distances as farther than people who have a lower waist to hip ratio or lower BMI. Those distances literally look farther to people that for whom it might be harder to make it to…”