Women with a waist-to-hip ratio of around 70 percent are more likely to bear babies, Singh reports. They possess the right amount of fat in the right places—due to high levels of bodily estrogen in relation to testosterone. Women who vary substantially from these proportions find it harder to get pregnant; they conceive later in life; and they have more miscarriages. Egg-shaped, pear-shaped, or stick-shaped: differently shaped women also suffer more from chronic diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, certain cancers, and problems with circulation. They are also prone to
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