The emergence of the slender
body type as a beauty standard for women is especially salient in the mass media, and several researchers have demonstrated how the female body depicted in the media has become increasingly thin (Garner, Garfinkel, Schwartz, & Thompson, 1980; Ogletree, Williams, Raffeld, Mason, & Fricke, 1990; Silverstein, Perdue, Peterson, & Kelly, 1986; Wiseman, Gray, Mosimann, & Ahrens, 1992).
"For example, an initial consultation with a person may reveal that the reason for their sudden weight gain may be something as simple as not eating right for their
body type," says Dr George, a doctor of ayurvedic medicine and surgery.
As you evaluate your
body type and embark on a fitness programme, try not to compare yourself with anyone else or to earlier versions of your old self.
To guide you towards your perfect body shape, we've devised an exercise plan for each of the three
body types and asked three women t o try the system out.
sans serif
body type, 67 percent rated serif "good" and only 12 percent ranked sans serif "good."
Simply decide which
body type you are, then set yourself realistic goals to make the best of what you have.
Whatever may be the role of gender and temperament and even
body type, the gene pool that gives rise to such "constitutional' factors cannot have changed greatly between 1960 and 1980.
Seyfried added that as she didn't want to promote unhealthy
body types. ( ANI )
Match your dress to your
body type dress, wrong body
Tricia pointed out that in the old days ballet schools used to pick dancers at a young age purely by
body type. By doing this, they weeded out bodies that weren't suited for dance.
Clip an image from a magazine that shows a
body type you admire.
We wanted our guide not to focus so much on how you look, hut rather how you feel about your particular
body type. The girls featured are actually a variety of shapes and sizes.