What is a Rectangular Shape Body Type?

The Rectangular Shape Body Type is also known as the Ruler, the Tube, the Banana, and the Straight up and down type with little curves. The rectangular has a slim, small frame or athletic shape with small chest, undefined waist and small hips.

Signs that you are a Rectangular shape:

• You’ve got a small frame in general, with little or no curves.
• Your bust and shoulders are about the same width as your hip-line
• you have a small bust size
• You might look shorter and heavier than you really are
• You have little waist definition
• Slim/athletic Rectangular women have small bone structures, with lower than average body fat percentage.
• Because of your wide waist you might appear heavier on top than you really are and even if your stomach is flat.
• One of the positive thing on being a rectangle shape is that you gain weight everywhere and lose it everywhere
• You wear tall or petite sizes
• You usually are an athlete

Health Risks linked to the Rectangular shape

• Rectangular shape who are overweight will tend to pack the kilos all over the body
• If you are a rectangular shape and have fat concentrated around the abdomen then you may develop health problems related to obesity disorders and need to pay close attention to normalizing your weight. Most of the time this excess fat can put pressure on vital organs such as the kidneys, liver, hearth and so on which effect their function

Celebrities known to have a rectangle body shape are:

Cameron Diaz, Nicole Kidman, Hilary Duff, Sheryl Crow, Rachel Hunter

Other celebrities who are Rectangular/ Banana-shaped : Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Bosworth, Kate Hudson, Keira Knightley and Princess Diana