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.

Women who idealise hourglass figures, such as that of Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, are likely to feel greater dissatisfaction about their weight and appearance, according to a new study. This is ...

Four recent studies, using wildly different data sets, radically different methodologies, and spanning countless cultures, provide further evidence regarding men's preferred waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) ...

Many women struggle to acquire body shapes they admire not knowing that some of the remedies they use have long-term consequences. Most yearn for curvy looks, model like figure or athletic type that ...

Several studies — mostly for women and rarely for men — have attempted to identify body shapes that the opposite sex rates as attractive. A common aim is to identify specific features that possibly ...

The hourglass figure was well and truly on display at last month’s Emmy Awards, with the likes of Christina Hendricks and Kate Winslet pouring their curves into stunning dresses on the red carpet.

I have to admit something you may find kind of odd. I think women who have an hourglass body shape are ridiculously attractive. I know. I know. It feels like an anti-feminist declaration given all of ...