In the U.S., the average woman's waist size is about 38.5 inches, which is above the 35-inch threshold that health experts ...

My-Best-Fit machine takes 200,000 different body measurements of shoppers. May 17, 2011— -- Shopping can turn into an anxiety-fueled excursion when women find they are a size 4 in one store but a ...

Living Large: Obesity in America is a collaboration between NPR and the Public Insight Network from American Public Media. To become a source in the Network or to learn more, click here. And if ...

The closest I ever came to perfection was the fit of a misses’ size 8. I used to be able to pull a garment off the rack and walk out of the store. But nowadays, perfection has slipped away. Frequently ...