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.

The concept of somatotypes is based on the understanding that everyone is born with a body type. Body type, or somatotype, is inherited and expresses itself as skeletal structure and body composition.

Your body type is a combination of your muscles, bones, and overall density. You may fit a single category or be a combination of two. Ectomorphs. People with this body type are naturally long and ...