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  2. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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    The B fitting adds 12 cm and the T height modifier 4 cm to the base hip measurement 89 + 16 = 105 cm. [14] Additionally there are a set of age based waist adjustments, such that a dress marketed at someone in their 60s may allow for a waist 9 cm larger than a dress, of the same size, marketed at someone in their 20s. The age based adjustments ...

  3. Waist-to-height ratio - Wikipedia

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    In April 2022, the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (a government body) proposed new guidelines which suggested that all adults "ensure their waist size is less than half their height in order to help stave off serious health problems". [6] In September 2022, NICE formally adopted this guideline. [7]

  4. Joint European standard for size labelling of clothes

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    Clothes-size label with EN 13402-1 pictogram and body dimensions in centimeters (found on a high-visibility jacket sold in the United Kingdom).. The joint European standard for size labelling of clothes, formally known as the EN 13402 Size designation of clothes, is a European standard for labelling clothes sizes.

  5. Bust/waist/hip measurements - Wikipedia

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    Bust/waist/hip measurements (informally called 'body measurements' or ′vital statistics′) are a common method of specifying clothing sizes. 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 ...

  6. U.S. standard clothing size - Wikipedia

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    The most common size category. For women of about average height (5 ft 4 in) with an average bust height and an hourglass figure. Dress sizes may be given as girth at the bust in inches (e.g., 36), but even-numbered sizes from 2 to 16 are more common. Categorical sizes range from XS (extra-small) to XL (extra-large).

  7. Vanity sizing - Wikipedia

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    Vanity sizing, or size inflation, is the phenomenon of ready-to-wear clothing of the same nominal size becoming bigger in physical size over time. [1][2][3] This has been documented primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. [4] The use of US standard clothing sizes by manufacturers as the official guidelines for clothing sizes was ...

  8. Body proportions - Wikipedia

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    Waist-to-height ratio: the average ratio for US college competitive swimmers is 0.424 (women) and 0.428 (men); the ratios for a (US) normally healthy man or woman is 0.46–0.53 and 0.45–0.49 respectively; the ratio ranges beyond 0.63 for morbidly obese individuals. [15]

  9. Goodnites - Wikipedia

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    In early 2021, Kimberly-Clark adjusted the sizing of Goodnites and introduced a new extra-large size, intended for those with kids' underwear size 14 to 20 as well as adult sizes up to a 6 waist (corresponding to up to a 30 inches (76 cm) waist) and weight from 95–140 pounds or more (43-63+ kilograms), which are partially aimed toward ...