Body type, or somatotype, describes a person's general body composition, proportion, and structure. The system classifies three types of body shapes: ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph. Jump to Key ...

New York stylist and Kibbe Body Type Method founder David Kibbe calls the typical ‘hourglass figure’ and ‘pear-shape’ categories we’re used to “horrible information.” That’s why, in 1982, he designed ...

Body types influence metabolism, weight gain and loss abilities, and health risks. The three main body types are endomorph, mesomorph, and ectomorph. Your body type can play a factor in the exercises ...

While the idealization of specific body types has long plagued women as a whole for decades, modern advances in societal female empowerment have begun shifting beauty standards toward a much-healthier ...

Mallory Christopherson, DC, FMT, CSCS, is a certified chiropractic and sports medicine physician and founder at Superior Sport & Spine. Body types are categorized as ectomorph, mesomorph, or endomorph ...