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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

It’s a great day for those with a ‘dad bod,’ because according to a new study, it’s the body type women find most attractive. Forget chiseled abs and ultra-lean physiques, researchers have found that ...

The cultural obsession with six-pack abdominals shows no signs of abating. And if research into male body image is to be believed, it will likely only grow, thanks to social media. History proves ...

If you've ever wondered what level of 'lean' actually looks best, a new paper has some surprisingly down-to-earth answers. Researchers took full-body DEXA scans of 15 real men and tweaked two key ...

Men and women alike prefer one specific body type. For decades, women have faced scrutiny over the size and shape of their derrieres, whereas men have more often been able to fly under the radar when ...