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.

The way we see ourselves or feel in our skin and our perception of how the rest of the world sees us is called our body image. Body image is closely linked to self-esteem. As children, we adopt ...

Finding the best-fitting jeans typically means taking a trip to the tailor—unless you know which go-to styles work best with your natural body shape. If you have a pear-shaped body, opting for a style ...

Bodies come in different shapes and sizes, influenced by a person’s frame and composition. Different body types include triangle, rectangle, hourglass, ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph. Different ...

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 ...

Understanding our body’s natural “healthy” weight range is much like understanding our foot size: Each of us has a unique, natural size based on our individual biology. This idea is especially ...