Beauty standards may be broadening

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) - Americans have grown to appreciate beauty across more skin types and ages during the past three decades, if People magazine is any indication, a new study suggests. The magazine is including more nonwhite celebrities and older individuals on its Most Beautiful People list these days, researchers wrote in the journal JAMA Dermatology. 'Preferences for beauty are both a combination of a basic cognitive process and a learned process,' study author Dr. Neelam Vashi of the Boston University School of Medicine told Reuters Health by email.
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