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Do we have evidence that looking healthy and being healthy are correlated?

• bawolff 3y ago
  Depends how you define those terms, but i think the answer is an obvious yes. Many looking healthy things are literally just your body functioning correctly.
  • Cthulhu_ 3y ago
    The thing is that what "looks" healthy is culture-dependent; nowadays in the caucasian west, looking lean and tanned is considered a healthy / attractive look, but in other places, times and subcultures having more weight or pale skin is considered healthy (or attractive).
    • bawolff 3y ago
      That doesn't prevent it from correlate. If obesity is the bigger threat than looking skinny is correlated with being healthy. If food scarcity is a bigger threat than the opposite. However a lot of more subtle things like soft, shiny hair or good skin are correlated with nutrition.