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’ve probably seen the body shape charts that tell you to grab a measuring tape, take five different measurements, and then ...

If, like us, you grew up reading lots of fashion advice about what to wear to flatter your body, and therefore you also know that the struggle to figure out which of the many beautiful body types you ...

Women come in all shapes and sizes, from Jyoti Amge, the smallest living woman at just over 62 centimeters in height, to Rumeysa Gelgi, who stands over 7 feet tall. There are many factors that can ...

When we meet new people, our first impressions of their personality may depend, at least in part, on their body shape, according to new research. When we meet new people, our first impressions of ...

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 ...

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 ...