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 ...

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 ...

And it remains to be seen how other characteristics, such as attractiveness or gender, interact with body shape to influence the inferences that people make. These findings add a new layer to the ...