Body Shape Of Women Research Articles

노년기 여성 팬티와 브래지어 구매행동 연구 및 시판 브래지어 착의실험연구

As in our <TEX>$20^{th}$</TEX> century, the dramatic advance of the science and medical technologies has led the advance of living standards. Even though the elderly people are increasing, the underwear for elderly women is not so various. As getting older, women's body shape is changing. But the most of underwear in the market are designed for the twenties whose body shape and proportion is generally stable. Besides, as the color and material of underwear are designed for young women, the elderly women have a poor choice of the underwear. The results of this study are listed in the following: (a) analyzing the current status of the underwear market for elderly women (b) searching what elderly take inconvenience in underwear, and (c) wearing test for search what elderly take inconvenience in brassier.

중년비만 여성용 재킷패턴의 여유량 분포에 따른 착시효과

Body image is important as it is related to self-esteem and can be enhanced by clothing and the degree of enhancement is related to clothing fit. The purpose of the paper is to find the adequate ease distribution of jacket pattern for the obese women who want to slenderize their shape by optical illusion. Subjective evaluation of the visual appearance we collected and, at the same time, 3D clothing air volume was observed for the nine types of experimental jackets with different ease distribution. As results it was found that jacket pattern for the obese women is that the front width of pattern is wider than what of back width in waist and abdomen. It was also noted that there was distance between clothing and skin in the girth around hip of jacket. 3D scanner clearly demonstrated the distribution of ease is useful to find the pattern variables responsible for the slender appearance of the obese women. The ready-to-made clothes for the obese women's clothing should be manufactured systematically in due consideration of the diversity and scarcity of the obese women's body shape.

Men's Attraction to Women's Bodies Changes Seasonally

Humans exhibit seasonal variation in hormone levels, behaviour, and perception. Here we show that men's assessments of women's attractiveness change also seasonally. In five seasons (from winter 2004 to winter 2005) 114 heterosexual men were asked to assess the attractiveness of the same stimuli: photos of a female with three different waist-to-hip ratios; photos of female breasts, and photos of average-looking faces of young women. For each season, the scores given to the stimuli of the same category (body shape, breast, and face) were combined. Friedman's test revealed significant changes for body shape and breast attractiveness assessments across the seasons, but no changes for face ratings. The highest scores for attractiveness were given in winter and the lowest in summer. We suggest that the observed seasonality is related to the well-known 'contrast effect'. More frequent exposure to women's bodies in warmer seasons might increase men's attractiveness criteria for women's body shape and breasts.

A Study on the Wool Knitted Jacket Pattern Development Suited fora Middle-Aged Woman’s Body Shape

The purpose of this study was to develop wool knitted Jacket pattern suited for Middle-aged women's body shape. The usable data of first and second wearing test were coded for further statistical analysis including descriptive statistics(frequency and one way- ANOVA test, Student-Newman-Keuls Multiple Range Test) by using SPSSWIN 12.0. The results were as follows: 1. It was found that first evaluation for the appearance test on fitness, pattern B were better than the rest of them. 2. It was found that second evaluation for the test, jacket B with milano were better than the rest of them. Therefore, it should be designed as possible as considering the physical characteristics of knitted materials. 3. It was found that third evaluation for the test, it is necessary that knitted jacket follow a similar size tolerance such as a woven jacket.

Body image and weight change in middle age: a qualitative study.

To explore men's and women's experiences of weight change in adulthood, body image preferences and beliefs about the health consequences of overweight and to inform the development of a primary care intervention to prevent obesity. Seventy-two men and women aged 35-55, with a range of BMIs from 22 to 29.9, were identified from two UK general practice registers and invited to participate in an interview about experiences of weight change in adulthood. Audio tape recorded, semi-structured interviews were conducted in respondents' homes by trained researchers. Open-ended questions were used to collect experiences of weight change since early adulthood and views about weight change in middle age. Illustrations of a range of men's and women's body shapes were used to prompt discussion of respondents' preferences for male and female body shapes and their perspectives of the health, social and practical problems associated with underweight and overweight. The data were analysed using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Some 87% (33/38) of the women and 59% (20/34) of the men said that they had ever tried to lose weight. At least one instance of successful weight loss was reported by 58% of the women and 47% of the men, although many of these attempts were relatively short-lived and often motivated by specific goals such as a holiday or a wedding. Respondents were sceptical of the possibility of controlling weight without considerable personal sacrifice. Explanations for middle-age weight gain included a sedentary lifestyle, as well as several gender-specific reasons, including hormonal changes and comfort eating for women and beer drinking for men. Nearly all (97%) respondents associated heart disease with overweight, while diabetes was mentioned by only 22% and none mentioned cancer. People who have gained weight in middle age may be deterred from trying to prevent further gain by pessimism about the effort required. The efficacy of interventions to encourage relatively small substitutions and changes to diet and physical activity need to be tested. Interventions to help prevent weight gain in middle age could include information about the less widely known health risks such as diabetes and cancer.

Talking about sex

This paper describes a telephone helpline on sexuality based in NewDelhi, India, and analyses the language used by the men and women who have phoned the helpline to talk about sex and their experience of their bodies and their sexuality. Eight out of ten callers are men and many people phone more than once. The men seem to place their women sexual partners in certain categories, which are defined by the activities they engage in with them, or think they can engage in, and the social and emotional relationships they share with them. Callers' perceptions of sexual acts and bodily processes appear to be based on and restricted by male-centred and male-defined assumptions. Women seem to accept these, even at the expense of their own uncertain understandings and experience. The penis is seen as central to sex and to any sexual problems men may have, and onlypenile-vaginal intercourse is considered real sex. Men commonly complain about women's body shape and size, and how they smell and taste, but they understand little about how women's bodies are constructed or what gives women sexual pleasure. Thus, both women and men are perpetuating a male-dominated set of values about sex and sexuality and classifying women's sexuality on the basis of the little they know about women's sexual desires and needs.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Obesity ResearchVolume 2, Issue 3 p. 293-293 Free Access LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Aviva Must, Aviva Must Tufts University School of MedicineSearch for more papers by this authorJeanne Goldberg, Jeanne Goldberg Tufts University School of NutritionSearch for more papers by this author Aviva Must, Aviva Must Tufts University School of MedicineSearch for more papers by this authorJeanne Goldberg, Jeanne Goldberg Tufts University School of NutritionSearch for more papers by this author First published: May 1994 https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1550-8528.1994.tb00062.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. References 1 Allison DB, Hoy MC, Fournier A., Heymsfield SB. Can ethnic differences in men's preferences for women's body shapes contribute to ethnic differences in female adiposity Obes Res. 1993; 1: 425– 432. 2 Garner DM, Garfinkel PE. Socio-cultural factors in the development of anorexia nervosa. Psychol Med. 1980; 10: 647– 656. 3 Druss RG. Body image and perfection of ballerinas: comparison and contrast with anorexia nervosa. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 1979; 2: 115. Volume2, Issue3May 1994Pages 293-293 ReferencesRelatedInformation

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Can Ethnic Differences in Men's Preferences for Women's Body Shapes Contribute to Ethnic Differences in Female Adiposity?

In the United States, obesity is more common among black and Hispanic than white women. One putative cause of this difference is different cultural norms for attractiveness. Two studies assessed ethnic differences in men's perceptions of the attractiveness of females of varying sizes. In the first, 108 men recruited on the New York subway were shown sets of silhouettes depicting female bodies varying in fatness and were asked to pick the silhouette they found most attractive. They were also asked to indicate the thinnest and fattest figures they would consider dating. A measure of "latitude of acceptance" was computed as the difference between the thinnest and fattest figures considered. Results indicated no relationship between ethnicity and preference (F = 1.383, p = .257) or "latitude" (F = .102, p = .903). In Study 2, "personal advertisements" placed by 373 black, 1915 white, 110 Hispanic, and 30 Asian men from 35 newspapers and magazines were coded as: 1) thinness preferred; 2) no information on weight preference; 3) fatness preferred; or 4) states weight or looks unimportant. Results indicated a statistically significant but small association between ethnicity and preference (chi2 = 49.55, df = 9, p < .00001). Relative to white and Asian men, black and Hispanic men more frequently requested fat women, Hispanic men less frequently requested thin women, and black men more frequently stated that looks or weight did not matter. Ethnicity explained only 2.1% of the variance in preference. Thus, it seems unlikely that ethnic differences in men's preferences for women's body shapes contribute substantially to ethnic differences in female adiposity.