Different women possess different body shapes, but the most common of them all is the pear shaped body or triangle body shape. Women who tend to have excess of weight on the lower part of their body ...

POSTMENOPAUSAL women who are apple-shaped rather than pear-shaped are at greater risk of heart and blood vessel problems, even if they have a normal, healthy body mass index (BMI), according to new ...

Do you have a friend who always seems to look stylish, pulled together and effortlessly chic? What’s her secret? Dressing for your body type! Are you an apple or a pear? No, this is not a ...

Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed! ew US research suggests ...

Bodies come in all different shapes and sizes and it can take some experimentation to find the types of clothes you feel your best in. But there are some broad categories of body shapes that can help ...

If you’ve been busting your booty on the stair climber and racking up the squats in the gym in an effort to slim your “hippy” pear-shaped frame, then you may be selling yourself short. Since ...

Older women with more fat around the middle had a higher risk for heart disease compared to those with fat around the thighs. By Nicholas Bakalar For postmenopausal women, being “pear-shaped” may be ...

For nearly as long as she can remember, Alison White has had big legs in comparison with the rest of her body. 'I've always had a flat stomach and a small chest, and I'm slim enough that you can see ...

Have you ever heard a man moan about being a "typical aubergine" as he struggles to do up his jeans, or flaunt his parsnip-like appearance with hands on hips? No, me neither – but these comments could ...

New US research suggests that postmenopausal women who carry weight around their middle, known as 'apple-shaped,' may have a greater risk of cardiovascular disease than 'pear-shaped' women who carry ...