The body-positive movement has encouraged people, especially women, to see beauty in all shapes and sizes, and it's reminded us that body ideals are culturally constructed and not based on science.

You pull out outfit after outfit, trying to make something work. The jeans that once fit like a dream now feel off. The dress ...

Bodies come in different shapes and sizes, influenced by a person’s frame and composition. Different body types include triangle, rectangle, hourglass, ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph. Different ...

Which dresses are best for apple-shaped bodies? Choosing outfits that flatter your body shape is the key to looking and feeling your best. A fairly common body silhouette is the apple or the circular ...

More/less masculine body shapes (Not the actual stimuli used in this study) Source: Arash Emamzadeh Categorizing human physique is nothing new. Decades ago, William Sheldon categorized bodies into ...

Body shapes in animated female characters have become more complex and varied in the last several years, according to a new study by University of Connecticut graduate researcher Rebecca Rowe. Rowe, a ...

A woman's body shape--not only the amount of fat--is what drives stigma associated with overweight and obesity. Fat stigma is a socially acceptable form of prejudice that contributes to poor medical ...