A Columbia University economist has crunched the numbers and come up with a formula for making overweight men and women seem more attractive-without hitting the gym.

According to Pierre-Andre Chiappori's research, published in the paper "Fatter Attraction: Anthropometric and Socioeconomic Matching on the Marriage Market," a 10 percent gain in a man's Body Mass Index (BMI) can be offset by a 3 percent (or more) increase in his income level.

"People with a larger BMI will have a larger income," Chiappori told the New York Post. "It's in the data in a significant way." You can also see the truth of it in the celebrity wedding announcements: How do you think over-the-hill multimillionaires manage to snag those young, pretty trophy wives?

For women, the fix is a little trickier: You need an extra year of education for every 3 percentage point increase in your BMI. Why more education instead of more income? Chiappori doesn't say, but it's possible that women with more education are more

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