Fashionable Forties: The ideal body
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Don't Fixate on a Number: The Healthiest Weight Range Is Different for Every Body
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Have our bodies changed shape in the last century? – Fabrickated
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Build Muscle After 40 eBook - Men's Health Shop
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How the 'perfect body' has changed throughout the decades
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1940s - The Ideal Woman
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Instagram Influencer Posts Pictures Demonstrating What the Perfect Female Body Looked Like in Almost Every Decade
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Here's how much the ideal body changed from the 1600s to now
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Men's Health: Muscle After 40: The Ultimate Step-by-Step Training Guide to Safely Build Your Best Body Ever in Your 40s and Beyond - Lose Unwanted Fat and Build Muscles! : Men's
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The images that show how much the ideal body shape has changed over the last century
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How the ideal body shape has changed over 100 years
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The history of the 'ideal' woman and where that has left us