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  2. Female body shape - Wikipedia

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    Female body shape or female figure is the cumulative product of a woman's bone structure along with the distribution of muscle and fat on the body. Female figures are typically narrower at the waist than at the bust and hips .

  3. Body shape - Wikipedia

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    Body shape has effects on body posture [29] and gait, and has a major role in physical attraction. This is because a body's shape implies an individual's hormone levels during puberty, which implies fertility, and it also indicates current levels of sex hormones. [1] A pleasing shape also implies good health and fitness of the body. Posture ...

  4. Body roundness index - Wikipedia

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    Body roundness index (BRI) is a calculated geometric index used to quantify an aspect of a person's individual body shape. Based on the principle of body eccentricity, it provides a rapid visual and anthropometric tool for health evaluation. [1] Introduced in 2013, the BRI calculation can be used to estimate total and visceral body fat.

  5. Category:Body shape - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... out of 45 total. ... Female body shape; Flat forehead; H.

  6. Bust/waist/hip measurements - Wikipedia

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    They match the three inflection points of the female body shape. In human body measurement, these three sizes are the circumferences of the bust, waist and hips; usually rendered as xx–yy–zz in inches, or centimeters. The three sizes are used mostly in fashion, and almost exclusively in reference to women, [1] who, compared to men, are more ...

  7. Waist-to-height ratio - Wikipedia

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    Allometry – Study of the relationship of body size to shape, anatomy, physiology, and behavior; Body fat percentage – Total mass of fat divided by total body mass, multiplied by 100; Body mass index – Relative weight based on mass and height (Total mass divided by the square of height) Body roundness index – Body scale based on waist ...

  8. Hourglass figure - Wikipedia

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    It has been proposed by scientists that the evolutionary reason for the female body shape is due in part to this sexual selection.Sex-typical body shapes (a man's muscular physique and a woman's hourglass figure) are an outcome of evolutionary adaptation for reproductive fitness because they convey information about gene quality, health and fertility, which are important elements for mate ...

  9. U.S. standard clothing size - Wikipedia

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    However, this proved unsuccessful because women's bodies have far more variety in shape. The hourglass figure is frequently used as an industry standard, but only 8% of women have this body shape. [4] A woman with an hourglass figure and a woman with an apple-shaped figure who have the same bust size will not have the same waist or hip sizes.