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>Participants rated attractiveness of a series of female images varying in fatness (BMI) and waist to hip ratio (WHR). There was an inverse linear relationship between physical attractiveness and body fatness or BMI in all populations. Lower body fat was more attractive, down to at least BMI = 19. WHR was a significant independent but less important factor.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4556148/

>Observers chose a lower fat mass to optimise the attractive appearance. This suggests that the previously observed phenomenon of preferring lower female body size for attractive than healthy appearance is driven by preference for lower fat mass. The amount of fat chosen to optimise the healthy and attractive appearance of female bodies in this study fell significantly below the established healthy range (21–33% for young Caucasian women). This is in agreement with previous studies on healthy and attractive BMI, which also placed attractive and healthy-looking female body mass below or at the very bottom of the physiologically healthy range.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892674/

>Both sexes preferred underweight women (body mass index = 17.3). These represent preferences for unhealthy body mass. Furthermore, body mass index proved twice as important for attractiveness as waist–hip ratio.
https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/24/4/914/219755

>Attractiveness ratings were significantly explained by body-mass index. Body-mass index accounted for 73.5% of variance, whereas waist/hip ratio accounted for only 1.8%. Further analyses included other body-shape dimensions, including waist/bust ratio (upper-bodyshape), bust/hip ratio (degree to which the body has “hour-glass” shape), and the leg length/torso length ratio. None of these contributed significantly to attractiveness ratings more than body-mass index.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/13569468_Optimum_body-mass_index_and_maximum_sexual_attractiveness