tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580048144447995611.post5175067493477818821..comments2019-11-19T16:54:22.741-08:00Comments on Original Detail: Preventing MicrocephalyDoreen Garrigushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293390701913633793noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580048144447995611.post-65935965041643766212008-12-03T03:48:00.000-08:002008-12-03T03:48:00.000-08:00It certainly seems to be an aesthetic thing; much ...It certainly seems to be an aesthetic thing; much is made of Svetlana Pankratova, 6'5" with 4'4" legs, and various leggy models--Pankratova has the lead in absolute length, but for proportion, apparently Dji Dieng is in the lead with legs comprising 67.6% of her total height. (And funny you should mention superheroes; How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way mentions that superheroes are indeed drawn taller than average in units of heads.)<BR/><BR/>There might be something more to it; a January 17th post on the New Scientist web site about a Polish study of leg length preferences mentions in passing that short legs are correlated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you about SL meters. If LL hadn't intended them to correspond to RL meters, they'd have called them something else.Melissa Yeuxdouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13847500926977004133noreply@blogger.com