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The girlies are into the thick of it — literally.

Sure, musclebound men are hot. And gym rat guys oft get the girl.

But it’s dudes with a little “dad bod” bulk, à la Taylor Swift’s beefy boo Travis Kelce, who truly win the hearts of women.

That’s not pure speculation, it’s science.

Women prefer men with dad bods like Travis Kelce.

“Nearly 75% of singles are fans of the ‘dad bod,’ determined a recent report on body type presences in romance, commissioned by virtual romance hub, Dating.com.

The findings echo a previous poll via PlanetFitness, which found that 78% of women feel men with dad bods are confident in their own skin, while nearly half of the gals surveyed argued that a bouncy belly is the new six-pack. A whopping 83% of mothers said they’d be proud to have a husband with a wee bit of chub.

But further research revealed that women don’t find portly men physically attractive. Instead, singletons rated flabbier fellas higher on evolutionary fitness traits, calling them “affectionate, nurturant, friendly” and good parent potential. Ultra-macho men with big guns also tend to have high levels of testosterone, causing the opposite sex to perceive them as aggressive and unappealing, per a 2020 analysis.

For Psychology Today, Bucknell University professor and psychologist Joel Wade wrote that “women might find a male they assume to have lower testosterone levels more appealing because he would be assumed to be less aggressive and have characteristics that would make for a better partner — and a better father.”

Additional studies have found that “extremely attractive men are more likely to cheat,” owing to the fact that they tend to have more offers to engage in steamy affairs. Women are less concerned their beau will stray if he’s a chunky hunk.

Science has proven that women find thicker men to be more suitable partners due to their sweet characteristics.

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And even though the pro player isn’t father, his posh pouch has lusty ladies calling him zaddy.

Kelce, 34, sent tongues wagging after cutting a cushiony physique on the sands of the Bahamas alongside Swift, 34, during their hotsy-totsy beach escape last week.

Fawning fans of the three-time Super Bowl champ, who helped lead the Kansas City Chiefs to victory during the big game in February, couldn’t help but gush over the 6-foot-5 giant’s cutesy little gut.