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2. Vanity sizing - Wikipedia

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   Her brand introduced subzero sizes for naturally petite women. [2] However, the increasing size of clothing with the same nominal size caused Nicole Miller to introduce size 0, 00, or subzero sizes. [2] The UK's Chief Medical Officer has suggested that vanity sizing has contributed to the normalisation of obesity in society. [8]

3. U.S. standard clothing size - Wikipedia

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   Tall sizes For taller women (usually 5 ft 8 in or above), usually with a proportionately average bust height and an hourglass figure. Sizes are usually written with the corresponding misses' size and a T to indicate tall, as in "10T". Half sizes For short women with lower busts and more hourglass body shapes.

4. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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   For example, the dimensions of two size 10 dresses from different companies, or even from the same company, may have grossly different dimensions; and both are almost certainly larger than the size 10 dimensions described in the US standard. Vanity sizing may be partly responsible for this deviation (which began in earnest in the 1980s).

5. Who should be considered 'obese'? Time to move on from BMI ...

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   The diagnosis of obesity should include a measure of body size, like waist circumference, and BMI. Another option is measuring body fat, the commission said. This isn't just a matter of vanity.

6. Bust/waist/hip measurements - Wikipedia

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   Brassière band size is measured below the breasts, not at the bust. A woman with measurements of 36A–27–38 will have a different presentation than a woman with measurements of 34C–27–38. These women have ribcage circumferences differing by 2 inches, but when breast tissue is included the measurements are the same at 38 inches.

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