Using the standard Body Mass Index (BMI) classification, phone respondents are less likely to be categorized as obese or overweight than are people measured in person. The Pew Research Center ...

There is more to beauty than meets the stranger's eye, according to results from three studies examining the influence of non-physical traits on people's perception of physical attractiveness.

Two studies released today suggest that physical characteristics might signify how well one is suited for leadership. One study concluded that obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than ...

While some people with it do look like those bar patrons, many look perfectly healthy. Others fall in between, acquiring some undesirable physical traits due to the way alcohol affects all organs ...

Still, both race, which describes one’s physical characteristics, and ethnicity, which encompasses cultural traditions such as language and religion, play significant roles in people’s lives ...