If you’ve got an athletic or rectangle body shape, getting dressed can feel weirdly hard for someone whose proportions seem "balanced." Shirts don’t drape right, jeans make you look boxy, and dresses ...

The “athletic” body type represents the mainstream fitness ideal:the body that results from regular exercise, healthy eating, and an active lifestyle without extreme dedication or bodybuilding focus.

The body-positive movement has encouraged people, especially women, to see beauty in all shapes and sizes, and it's reminded us that body ideals are culturally constructed and not based on science.