I would have guessed that 36B was also the median size in the US. Apparently it used to be 34B and is now 34DD because people are shockingly unhealthy.
I answered above but besides the increase in obesity (if it was fat causing the increase the band size would increase too) the sizing scheme has changed so a 34D is like an old 34B.
The real average is probably more like a 38 something, as the average waist is up to 38 and ribcage unlikely to be smaller.
34B to 34DD has more to do with breast augmentation than fat, as the distance around the torso remains the same. Or possibly there’s more estrogen floating around, or maybe it’s just that women aren’t squashing their breasts into too-small cups anymore.
The articles I found specifically called out the obesity epidemic as being the issue. I strongly doubt that enough of the ~150 million bra wearers in this country are augmenting their breasts enough to adjust the median that far in just 20 years.
Maybe but the difference between small boobs and big is fat so probably both would increase, depends on the distribution of where they put on fat.
And see above - I literally had to buy a 34DD in the last bra I got and nobody would call me stacked, nobody. On the smaller band sizes the cup sizes are smaller. When I was underweight and flat, 30C, because 30a is for ping pong ball width boobs. It was frustrating. Bras need 3 measurements not 2. Volume should be separate from diameter.
A US 34B is a euro 75C. That’s one strapsize below the median here.
My wife is a UK 34(she probably doesn’t want me telling the internet) and the number is the same as her US size but the letter is different.
I would have guessed that 36B was also the median size in the US. Apparently it used to be 34B and is now 34DD because people are shockingly unhealthy.
I answered above but besides the increase in obesity (if it was fat causing the increase the band size would increase too) the sizing scheme has changed so a 34D is like an old 34B.
The real average is probably more like a 38 something, as the average waist is up to 38 and ribcage unlikely to be smaller.
34B to 34DD has more to do with breast augmentation than fat, as the distance around the torso remains the same. Or possibly there’s more estrogen floating around, or maybe it’s just that women aren’t squashing their breasts into too-small cups anymore.
The articles I found specifically called out the obesity epidemic as being the issue. I strongly doubt that enough of the ~150 million bra wearers in this country are augmenting their breasts enough to adjust the median that far in just 20 years.
How the fuck are they fitting into a size 34 band?
This doesn’t make sense.
Obesity should change the 34 to a 38
Or maybe it’s because only about 1 in 4 Americans has a healthy weight.
A fat person isn’t fitting into a 34 of any cup size.
If you were a 34B and gain 50 pounds you’re now a 40B or possibly a 40C depending for comfort.
34B is thin and flat, 34DD is thin with honkin heckers.
Maybe but the difference between small boobs and big is fat so probably both would increase, depends on the distribution of where they put on fat.
And see above - I literally had to buy a 34DD in the last bra I got and nobody would call me stacked, nobody. On the smaller band sizes the cup sizes are smaller. When I was underweight and flat, 30C, because 30a is for ping pong ball width boobs. It was frustrating. Bras need 3 measurements not 2. Volume should be separate from diameter.
This person bras.