body shape
All entries tagged with body shapeYour Opinion Needed: Too Fat? Too Skinny? Too Muscular?
Negative body image is an epidemic--plain and simple.
The psychology of weight and perception of "ideal" has always fascinated me and continues to evolve, for better or for worse.
Obviously, women have different perceptions of what constitutes "ideal," and there is an equally disparate range of what women are happy with.
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Can You Undo a 'Cankle?'
The Urban Dictionary defines the slang word 'cankle' as:
"The absence of a defined ankle on a person - whereby the calf of the leg merges directly into the foot. The calf appears to replace the ankle - hence the term 'cankle'."It's a clever word, but what comes after isn't so funny!
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The Body Fat Solution: Tom Venuto
Being hyped as the most important weight loss book of the year isn't an easy accolade to live up to. You never really know how much of the buzz is based on marketing hype or reputation for past works or both. Well, I'm here to tell you with a great deal of confidence - The Body Fat Solution did not disappoint.
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Jennifer Love Hewitt vs Snarky Bloggers
Do you get all excited when you spot a dimple of cellulite on a actresses body? Do you go all giddy when celebrity x gains 0.34 of an inch on their thighs?
Of course not. You're not that petty are you?
Thousands of others, however, get off on criticizing everyone else's body.
Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is one of the few to respond to the critics, and her response is worth a read.
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College Students: Wrong Ones Worried About Weight?
A recent study of body dissatisfaction among college students yielded some surprising contrasts: half of the underweight women thought they were fine the way they were, or wanted to lose even more weight. Yet most of the overweight students were shooting for weights that were still too high to be considered healthy.
And what about normal weight women? Care to guess what percentage of them were unhappy with their current weight?
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What If Art Imitated Life?
Once upon a time, art imitated life. Then, life imitated art. Now it seems that life draws its very reason for existence from image-based media.
Florence studios have a series of figurines that allude to famous art icons. What's different is that all the figurines have (shall-we-say) high BMI's.
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How Strength Training Can Reduce Body Fat
New research appearing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that strength training can reduce body fat, and attenuate abdominal fat gain.
The research applies to overweight or obese premenopausal women and was conducted over two years.
So what kind of exercise were these women doing?
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Women: Tips for a Perfect Figure

Very few of us women seem to feel completely happy with our bodies. Despite all the helpful pep talks we get about how "every woman is beautiful in her own way," we know, deep down, that it isn't really true. Right? There really are "attractive" and "unattractive" body types, and we could all use some help. So here’s how to get that figure any woman would want:
First you take an ounce and a half of oyl of foxes, oyl of lillies, and capons grease…
Oh, wait. This isn’t the 17th Century.
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Corsets: Because Every Woman Has a Figure Problem
The quotes from these vintage ads (from the 1940s) proclaim: “Every woman has a figure problem!”
These old-fashioned ads (from Corsietere) show great similarities to today's marketing mix. This advertising brainwashing (complete with ludicrous before and after images) assured women that they were not thin enough or appealing enough for the world . Sound familiar?
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Female Body Shape in the 20th Century
How has body shape changed during the last century? What were the popular and glamorized body shapes of the day?
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Body Image: Always a Concern
Two BBC radio stations recently surveyed 25,000 men and women, asking them how they felt about their bodies (average age was 17-34). The results were somewhat discouraging:
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Fat Distribution and Spot Reduction
Body fat has a mind of its own. It appears where it wants to, and seems to disappear (under great duress) from all the wrong places. Is there any rhyme or reason to fat distribution?
Here is a complete guide to body fat distribution.
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The French: Getting Fatter and Taller
Despite the popularity of Mireille Guiliano's French Women Don't Get Fat, many people now realize that actually the French are fat. But did you know that the French are getting taller as well?
The average French woman today is just over 5 feet 3 inches tall and 137.6 pounds, compared to 5 feet 2 1/2 inches tall and 133.6 pounds in 1970. Women's waistlines in particular have thickened.
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