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.

Hollywood has long enforced rigid, often unattainable beauty standards, dictating everything from body shape to facial ...

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 ...

A study published in the journal PLOS ONE provides a detailed understanding of the impact of age and sociocultural pressure on body appreciation among White Western women, Black Nigerian women, and ...

A survey of 2,000 U.S. respondents ages 25–45 found that as teens, people were most self-conscious about their body shape (65%), hairstyle (61%) and smile (61%). And many continue to feel this way, ...

Each stage of life brings its own wisdom, perspective, and natural changes. For women over 45, those changes often come alongside shifting hormones, evolving priorities, body changes, and fuller ...