individuals sometimes use other objective measures of body
size, weight, and shape such as using a tape measure to measure
waist, hip, chest, quadriceps, or bicep circumference.
Alternatively, it is also common to use less objective means of
body measurement and evaluation, such as trying on certain
items of clothing (e.g., ‘skinny jeans’, ‘fat jeans’) and using the
fit to evaluate one’s size and shape. Additional subjective
means of examining body composition involve manipulating
the body in various ways, such as pinching body fat, sucking in
and/or sticking out the stomach, manipulating body fat to
examine cellulite and stretch marks, feeling muscles to check
for hardness, density, and symmetry, and pulling skin taut to
change appearance (e.g., pulling skin on the face and neck back
to appear younger, pulling skin on arms and wrists to make
them appear slimmer).