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.

While we all come in different sizes and every body is unique, experts have identified four basic body shapes that all women fall into. Body shapes are largely determined by bone structure, genetics ...

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. It’s ...

There's probably not that much you can claim Marilyn Monroe, your grandma, and members of your friendship group have in common, besides a shared belief that an hourglass figure is the 'ideal' body ...

Each stage of life brings its own wisdom, perspective, and natural changes. For women over 45, those changes often come alongside shifting hormones, evolving priorities, body changes, and fuller ...

Growing up in the early aughts, so-called women’s magazines, read furtively in the library, were my religion. I was a true believer, zealously committing the good books — Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and ...

Body image is scrutinized in Western cultures. We judge a book by its cover, and we have social media and Hollywood to thank. There is a standard, and if one does not meet the specifications of beauty ...