Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Collage artwork depicting women of diverse body shapes, symbolized by fruit and geometric forms: pear, diamond, apple, and ...

Your body type influences your metabolism and health risks. Having an apple- or pear-shaped body can affect your risk of ...

When it comes to body types, it’s not just how much weight you carry — it’s where you store it. Research shows that people with apple-shaped bodies — those with a wider midsection and less defined ...

Which dresses are best for apple-shaped bodies? Choosing outfits that flatter your body shape is the key to looking and feeling your best. A fairly common body silhouette is the apple or the circular ...

Your body shape could be putting you at a higher risk of colorectal cancer, scientists have warned. Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, according to ...

Have you ever noticed how some people seem to build muscle just by looking at a dumbbell, while others struggle to gain a ...

A recent article in the New York Times brought attention to a new health screening tool: the BRI, or the Body Roundness Index. Hurray! Let’s kick the dreaded and flawed Body Mass Index (BMI) to the ...

Although the media suggests that rail-thin supermodels are the most sexually appealing, evolutionary psychology suggests otherwise. Research on body attractiveness indicates there are certain body ...

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 ...

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.