We’ve seen women of all shapes and sizes grace the covers of magazines and tabloids — from delicate slender figures to voluptuous curvy babes. Recently, Ashley Graham even made waves as the first plus ...

The Ideal Male Body Throughout History explores how standards of masculinity have shifted across different eras and cultures. From strength-focused physiques to refined and balanced forms, each period ...

Do muscles make the man? New research reveals that body fat and BMI play a bigger role in male attractiveness than most ...

It is well established that many women exercise to improve their appearance. Do exercising men also worry about how they look? Some research reveals that men workout in order to have a ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. When it comes to achieving a healthy body weight, some men ...

Growing evidence suggests that media images of ideal female and male body-types have a negative impact on body-satisfaction (Galioto & Crowther, 2013; Groesz, Levine, & Murnen, 2002; Hargreaves & ...

In movies, on billboards, and across social media, the ideal male body is often presented as a sort of marble statue. Massive shoulders, razor-sharp abs, and barely a trace of fat. It’s a look ...

If each of us could design our ideal body, what would it look like? How do we develop these ideals and how close do our own bodies come to them? Does that ideal really matter?As part of the "Love Your ...

Artificial intelligence has its own idea of what the perfect human body should look like. A new study by The Bulimia Project, a Brooklyn, New York-based website that publishes content and research ...