Experts believe that the greater fat reserves women have during pregnancy, the greater the chance of child survival and high intelligence. The point is that fat is rich in nutrients that play a role in the development of children.
According to doctors, «the fat in the mother’s legs and buttocks is a kind of storehouse for building the baby’s brain. A lot of fat is needed to form the baby’s nervous system, and the fats in these areas are enriched with docosahexaenoic acid, which is a particularly important component of the human brain.»
«It has always been a mystery,» the doctors add, «why women have so much fat.» Mammals and primates typically have five to ten percent body fat, but female Homo sapiens can have up to 3 percent body fat. It all looks as if, in the process of evolution, nature has specifically accumulated and stored these fats in the woman before the baby arrives.»
