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  2. New study reveals what Americans perceive as ideal weight - AOL

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    The average American woman weighs about 170 pounds and stands about 5 feet, 4 inches tall. But it's important to remember that these averages are mathematical calculations. They don't represent ...

  3. Female body shape - Wikipedia

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    A woman who is 36–24–36 (91–61–91 cm) at 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) height will look different from a woman who is 36–24–36 at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) height. If both are the same weight, the taller woman has a much lower body mass index; if they have the same BMI, the weight is distributed around a greater volume.

  4. Media depictions of body shape - Wikipedia

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    The media promote a weight-conscious standard for women more often than for men. [1] Deviance from these norms result in social consequences. [2] The media perpetuate this ideal in various ways, particularly glorifying and focusing on thin actors and actresses, models, and other public figures while avoiding the use or image of overweight ...

  5. Bust/waist/hip measurements - Wikipedia

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    A woman who is 36–24–36 (91.5–61–91.5) at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) tall looks different from a woman who is 36–24–36 at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) tall. Since the latter woman's figure has greater distance between measuring points, she will likely appear thinner than her former counterpart, again, even though they share the same measurements.

  6. A woman lost 40 pounds by quitting strict diets that made her ...

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    Mae Suzuki applied the technique of visualization, used by business titans such as Steve Jobs, to lose 40 pounds and keep it off.

  7. Thin ideal - Wikipedia

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    The standard media-portrayed thin ideal woman is about 15% below the average female body weight, "This ideal stresses slimness, youth and androgyny, rather than the normative female body. The thin-ideal woman portrayed in the media is biogenetically difficult, if not impossible, for the majority of women" to achieve. [12]

  8. 10 Items Every Woman Under 5'4" Needs in Her Wardrobe ... - AOL

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    Here are my shoppable recommendations, based on Foster’s insider guidance and expertise, for what every woman under 5’4” should buy now and forever. The 16 Best Summer Dresses for Petites ...

  9. Human body weight - Wikipedia

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    Human body weight is a person's mass or weight.. Strictly speaking, body weight is the measurement of mass without items located on the person. Practically though, body weight may be measured with clothes on, but without shoes or heavy accessories such as mobile phones and wallets, and using manual or digital weighing scales.