Understanding your body shape is not just about aesthetics, it can also offer clues on how to care for your body, choose the right exercise, and prevent common ailments. In this guide, we explore 6 ...

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.

Durham University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. What we think of as “normal” body shape is affected by what we’re accustomed to – the range of body shapes we see. My ...

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 ...

Mathematicians have discovered that there is no exact formula for the “perfect” female body. A study recently published in Scientific Reports challenges long-standing assumptions about the most ...

One of the unfortunate realities of being a woman is that society profits from our insecurities. Browse through social media, and you'll see infinite messaging trying to shame things that are totally ...