How The Male Perfect Body Type Has Changed This Past Decade

The pressure to achieve a perfect body type is a problem that men oftentimes face. Being bombarded with images of celebrities who have near-perfect bodies, men can feel like they have a lot to live up to. Here's how the idea of the perfect body type has changed over the last decade.

At the start of the decade, being thin was all the rage, even for men. The number of men with anorexia drastically increased from 10 percent in 1990 to 25 percent in 2010, according to The Guardian. The publication reported:

"But now thin is the cultural mainstream. Thin is desirable. Men want it, men diet for it. They go under the knife in pursuit of it."

It's no coincidence that 2010 was also the year that Justin Bieber really came onto the scene. The singer released his music video for "Baby" in February 2010, and he fit right in with the ideal male body type of being skinny. Sam Thomas, a project leader for the organization Men Get Eating Disorders Too, told The Guardian:

"Men are certainly under a lot more pressure to look good, to live up to the latest trends now than they were 10 years ago. If a man is already feeling insecure about his body, exposure to such 'ideals' could make him feel inadequate and increase his susceptibility to eating disorders." Keep watching to learn How The Male Perfect Body Type Has Changed This Past Decade!

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2010: Beliebing in skinny | 0:17
2011: Getting jacked like Drogo | 1:15
2012: The fit bod | 2:04
2013: The Pratt pack | 3:06
2014: CrossFit shape | 4:10
2015: Muscle madness | 5:06
2015: The dad bod | 6:00
2016: The year of The Rock | 7:00
2017: Body positivity | 8:13
2019: Pete Davidson | 9:05
2019: Diets | 9:45
Continually changing | 10:42

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