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Arden, Rosalind; Gottfredson, Linda S.; Miller, Geoffrey – Intelligence, 2009
We suggest that an over-arching "fitness factor" (an index of general genetic quality that predicts survival and reproductive success) partially explains the observed associations between health outcomes and intelligence. As a proof of concept, we tested this idea in a sample of 3654 US Vietnam veterans aged 31-49 who completed five cognitive…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Obesity, Physical Health, Child Health