Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The Perfect Body, as Illustrated by Olympic Athletes

Food and body issues are pretty much always top of mind for me. This includes much bitching and moaning about the unattainable standards that we set for women in our society, and how those supposed ideals are affecting the youngest generation of girls (don't even get me started on the sexiness-infused disney characters and bratz-type dolls).

I came across this link last week and thought it was a pretty neat example of how there is no one perfect body type, even among world-class athletes. A solid graphical representation of the complete range of shapes and sizes out there, using olympic-caliber athletes as examples. Obviously, these images don't represent realistic standards for mainstream society, either, but it was really interesting to see just how much differentiation there is between these individuals who are at the top of their sports.

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