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What Is a Good Dress for a Woman With a Big Belly?

Published Jul,18 2017 | By Julie Vickers

Women who carry excess weight around the waist and abdomen are examples of apple body shapes. Apple-shaped women have undefined waistlines and a relatively large bust size compared with other body shapes, such as pear shapes.

Mother of three and graduate of the London Metropolitan University, Julie Vickers is an early years teacher and writer who also loves to craft and create! She writes on topics such as education, health and parenting for websites such as School Explained and has contributed learning sessions on child development and behavior for the Education Information and Learning Services website.