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.

Remember the 2000s film The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants? Four friends discover a pair of jeans that miraculously fits them all despite their different body shapes and sizes. Finding a piece of ...

People come in all shapes and sizes — and all these bring different health risks. How your body is proportioned and where you might see fat sit can have different impacts on your organs.

What Your Body Shape — Not BMI — May Reveal About Your Health A new study finds that body shape, specifically where fat deposits occur, may predict the health of your cardiovascular system.

Some of us are curvier, some of us have narrower hips or broader shoulders — whatever your body shape, it’s important to know that there is no “average” or “typical” body.

A study recently published in Scientific Reports challenges long-standing assumptions about the most attractive female body shape — it may not be about the waist-to-hip ratio (WHR).

New research being presented at The European Congress on Obesity (ECO) held online this year, suggests that a measure of body shape should be used alongside body mass index (BMI) to help determine ...

There’s no “perfect” or “better” body shape, experts agree — yet you still might find yourself wondering what your body shape is and what it says about your health, if anything.