Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Collage artwork depicting women of diverse body shapes, symbolized by fruit and geometric forms: pear, diamond, apple, and ...

Experts have new findings on health risks related to fat distribution and it has nothing to do with appearance, but what is ...

When it comes to health and fitness, it's easy to get caught up in numbers, but physical well-being isn't always reflected in the outward metrics of scales. Your body may be performing at a much ...

Are you more like an apple or a pear? In other words, do you carry excess weight in your belly or bottom? Well scientists once believed body shape could help predict heart disease risk, but a new ...

Kelly Coffey learned from a young age that her larger body was not a problem — it was the problem. As such, she believed, losing weight was the solution. “I assumed being thin was the magic bullet ...

Medically reviewed by Mallory Christopherson DC, FMT, CSCSYour body type influences your metabolism and health risks.Having an apple- or pear-shaped body can affect your risk of metabolic ...

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.