Women come in all shapes and sizes, from Jyoti Amge, the smallest living woman at just over 62 centimeters in height, to Rumeysa Gelgi, who stands over 7 feet tall. There are many factors that can ...

People come in all shapes and sizes — and all these bring different health risks. How your body is proportioned and where you might see fat sit can have different impacts on your organs. It’s ...

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.

FARGO - Women's bodies are a lot like snowflakes - no two are exactly the same. But they do tend to fall into four basic body shapes and, like clothing styles, women's exercise routines can be ...

Not all fat is equal -- where it sits on the body matters to your health. Higher "trunk fat" in women was associated with an increased incidence of atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, while ...

Women who develop thick waists and high cholesterol at menopause may be at higher risk of heart disease because they also have more damage to their arteries, U.S. researchers reported Monday. They ...

You've heard of apple and pear shaped bodies. Turns out now, whichever shape you have is potentially a better forecast for your heart health than originally predicted. Researchers have known for some ...

Not all fat is equal — where it sits on the body matters to your health. Higher “trunk fat” in women was associated with an increased incidence of atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, while ...