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.

Three years ago, I took it upon myself to radically change my diet—and, in turn, to see if I could make any muscular gains. A relative of mine told me that no matter what I did, it would probably be ...

New York stylist and Kibbe Body Type Method founder David Kibbe calls the typical ‘hourglass figure’ and ‘pear-shape’ categories we’re used to “horrible information.” That’s why, in 1982, he designed ...

Beauty can come in many different forms. What one person finds attractive or beautiful in another is entirely subjective, but how does one country or culture's perception of beauty differ from another ...

We take extra care when it comes to selecting our swimsuits for the summer, which means that we have to pay attention to what type of body shape we have. You're showing more skin in a bathing suit, so ...

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 ...

Biologists have long labored at understanding how our body develops. Centuries of embryology and morphology laid the groundwork for the discipline of developmental biology. Then came the discovery of ...