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 ...

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 ...

What makes a man physically attractive? Many people think big muscles are the key, but recent scientific studies suggest otherwise. Research published in Personality and Individual Differences reveals ...

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 ...

Growing evidence suggests that media images of ideal female and male body-types have a negative impact on body-satisfaction (Galioto & Crowther, 2013; Groesz, Levine, & Murnen, 2002; Hargreaves & ...

Sorry, fellas — the era of the celebrated “dad bod” may be heading for the gym locker room. A new study suggests women are ...

If each of us could design our ideal body, what would it look like? How do we develop these ideals and how close do our own bodies come to them? Does that ideal really matter?As part of the "Love Your ...

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 ...