Images Dated 1st November 1994

Illustration of 3 body shapes of women

Body shapes of women. Illustration showing three different body shapes of women. Body mass and weight increases from left to right. Associated with this, from left to right, there is increased breast size, and increased fat deposits on the hips and thighs. The face also becomes more rounded and moon-shaped. In medical terms, these body shapes are, from left: ectomorph (lean and delicate build); mesomorph (compact and muscular build); endomorph (a soft, round build and high proportion of fat tissue)

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