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| Topic | Reported data / finding | Study / context | Data type |
| Reality-TV dating example | A featured woman was introduced to 16 'average' men; after the field was narrowed, 3 conventionally handsome men were added. | Average Joe TV example; illustrative rather than scientific. | Illustrative numeric example |
| Cosmetic surgery participation | The book broadly states that millions undergo cosmetic procedures and may incur debt or health risks. | Broad estimate, not tied to a single cited denominator. | Broad estimate |
| Eating disorders | The book broadly describes 'millions' of mostly female young people as endangering their health through anorexia, bulimia, or extreme weight pursuit. | Broad population estimate, not tied to a single cited denominator. | Broad estimate |
| Historical adornment | The text says evidence suggests some Stone Age women styled their hair roughly 20,000 years before modern hair tools. | Historical illustration. | Historical estimate |
| Historical source | The Hebrew Bible is described as canonized roughly 3,000 years ago from older sources. | Historical context. | Historical estimate |
| Cross-cultural mate preferences | David Buss recorded preferences from more than 10,000 people in 37 cultures; female physical attractiveness ranked at or near the top of men's mate preferences. | Buss's 1989 cross-cultural mating-preferences study. | Sample size / cross-cultural result |
| Beauty economy | The global appearance-enhancement industry was estimated at $160 billion per year. | Includes weight loss, cosmetics, skin/hair care, perfumes, cosmetic surgery, health clubs, and hormone injections. | Market estimate |
| Beauty spending comparison | The book states that Americans spend more each year on beauty enhancement than on education. | Author synthesis; no exact amount supplied. | Comparative claim |
| Human origins | Anatomically modern humans are said to have evolved in Africa around 120,000 years ago. | Anthropological consensus as summarized by the author. | Historical estimate |
| Oldest jewelry | Blombos Cave yielded 41 pierced orange-and-black shell beads dated to about 75,000 years ago, described as the oldest jewelry then known. | Archaeological finding. | Count / age estimate |
| Prehistoric figurines | The Brassempouy Lady is dated to about 36,000 BC. | Historical illustration. | Historical estimate |
| Prehistoric figurines | The Venus of Willendorf is dated to about 25,000 years ago. | Historical illustration. | Historical estimate |
| Animal mating signal | The book states that 9 of 10 female zebra finches prefer red-beaked males. | Animal-behavior example used to explain health signaling. | Proportion |
| Face database | Marquardt's facial templates were derived from a database of thousands of faces rated attractive. | Database-size description; no exact N supplied. | Broad sample estimate |
| Golden ratio | Marquardt's proposed facial-beauty ratio is 1.618:1; 1.618 is called phi. | The book presents this as a mathematical theory of facial attractiveness. | Ratio |
| Estradiol and body shape | Women with both large breasts and a small waist averaged 26% more estradiol over the full menstrual cycle. | Jasienska/Ellison study. | Percentage difference |
| Fertility and body shape | The Jasienska/Ellison study measured 119 Polish women ages 24–37. | Measurements included breast-to-under-breast and waist-to-hip ratios. | Sample size / age range |
| Preferred male body shape | The preferred male waist-to-hip ratio is reported as about 0.9. | Summary of body-attractiveness research. | Ratio |
| Barbie sales | More than 1 billion Barbie dolls had been sold by the time of writing. | Market/historical illustration. | Cumulative sales |
| Estradiol and fertility window | The same group averaged 37% more estradiol at midcycle peak fertility. | Jasienska/Ellison study. | Percentage difference |
| Pregnancy likelihood | The book says the hormone profile of large-breasted, small-waisted women implied roughly 3× the pregnancy likelihood of other body shapes after one act of intercourse. | Author's summary of Jasienska's interpretation. | Relative likelihood |
| Cycle and male-face preference | Women reportedly preferred more masculine male faces while ovulating and softer, more caring-looking faces at other times. | Penton-Voak study. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Fertility-face raters | The paired images were judged by 250 people: 125 men and 125 women. | Roberts's 2003 study. | Rater sample size |
| Fertility-face result | Images taken during the fertile phase were chosen more often; female raters were more sensitive to the difference than male raters. | Roberts's 2003 study. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Fertility-face study | Roberts's 2003 study photographed about 50 women ages 19–33 twice. | Study of perceived facial attractiveness across the menstrual cycle. | Sample size / age range |
| Fertility-face timing | The first photo was taken 8–14 days after menstruation began; the second was taken 2 weeks later. | Roberts's 2003 study. | Study timing |
| Early cosmetics | The earliest known Egyptian cosmetics are dated to approximately 3100–2907 BC. | Archaeological/historical context. | Historical estimate |
| Publishing analogy | The U.S. published upwards of 55,000 mass-market books annually. | Used to illustrate the importance of covers/appearance. | Annual count |
| Relationship formation | Spatial proximity is presented as the strongest predictor that two people will form a relationship. | Social-psychology synthesis. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Friendster users | Friendster claimed more than 3 million members. | Platform claim at the time. | User count |
| Match.com users | Match.com was said to have 12 million users worldwide. | Platform claim at the time. | User count |
| Online-dating spending | Americans spent $214.3 million on personal ads and online dating in the first half of 2003. | Market data. | Market expenditure |
| Online-dating usage | In one month in 2003, 40 million Americans visited an online-dating site, more than one quarter of all internet users that month. | Market/usage estimate. | Users / share |
| Profile-photo importance | In interviews with dozens of online daters, the profile picture was described as the dominant gatekeeper for deciding whether to meet. | Jennifer Egan's reporting summarized by the author. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Height presentation online | The book gives the example that a 5'10" man may claim 6'0" to pass a height filter. | Illustrative online-dating behavior. | Illustrative numeric example |
| Proximity and friendship | 22% lived two doors apart. | MIT housing study. | Percentage |
| Proximity and friendship | 41% were next-door neighbors. | MIT housing study. | Percentage |
| Proximity and friendship | In the MIT housing study, 65% of three-person closest-friend groups lived in the same building. | Festinger, Schachter, and Back (1950). | Percentage |
| Proximity and friendship | Only 10% lived at opposite ends of a hallway. | MIT housing study. | Percentage |
| World War I mobility | About 2 million U.S. soldiers served in Europe during World War I. | Historical context for expanded mate markets. | Historical count |
| World War I mortality | At least 10 million Europeans, mostly young men, are said to have died during the war. | Historical context. | Historical count |
| Clothing and sexual impact | A study involved 44 men and 89 women rating 40 clothing images for expected male arousal. | Edmonds and Cahoon. | Sample size / task |
| Clothing and sexual impact | Women accurately predicted which clothing styles men found sexually exciting; self-perceived attractive women preferred the most arousing styles. | Edmonds and Cahoon. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Contrast effect | Average-looking people are rated less attractive when viewed beside highly attractive people; the effect also influences self-ratings. | Research synthesis. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Attractiveness–liking correlation | For men, rated attractiveness correlated 78% with liking the date. | Minnesota computer-dance study; the book expresses the correlation as a percentage. | Correlation |
| Attractiveness–liking correlation | For women, the corresponding correlation was 69%. | Minnesota computer-dance study. | Correlation |
| Computer-dance study | The 1966 Minnesota experiment randomly paired 664 students, ensuring only that the man was taller. | Landmark dating study. | Sample size |
| Intelligence and liking | Participants' intelligence/high-school rank did not correlate with how much their dates liked them. | Minnesota computer-dance study. | Null empirical result |
| Height and weight in personal ads | Men even 1 inch below average and women more than 20 lb overweight faced more difficulty attracting replies. | Lonely-hearts/personal-ad research summarized by the author. | Threshold / qualitative result |
| Facial-hair cycles | Facial-hair fashion from 1842–1971 rose when more single men competed for fewer women and fell when illegitimate births were more common. | Historical time-series analysis. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Height and reproductive success | Tall men had greater reproductive success, while maximum female reproductive success occurred below average height. | Nettle's British data. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Male torso preferences | In one study, 30 women judged male torso photographs; waist-to-chest ratio best predicted attractiveness. | Male-body research. | Sample size / result |
| Shoulder-to-hip ratio and sexual history | A 2003 study associated higher male shoulder-to-hip ratios with earlier first intercourse and more sexual partners. | Male-body research. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Age-gap preference | Men were reported to prefer wives at least 5 years younger, with the desired gap increasing as men aged. | Mate-preference research. | Threshold / qualitative result |
| Status × attractiveness experiment | Townsend and Levy studied 382 college students, including 212 women, using 3 attractiveness levels and 3 socioeconomic-status levels. | 1990 experiment. | Sample size / factorial design |
| Status × attractiveness result | Women weighted male status and marriage prospects more heavily than men did; men weighted female attractiveness more strongly. | Townsend and Levy. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Nice-guy study 1 | One experiment included 48 women ages 18–23. | Study of niceness versus attractiveness. | Sample size / age range |
| Nice-guy result | Niceness mattered most for serious relationships; physical attractiveness generally dominated for casual sexual relationships. | Two related experiments. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Nice-guy study 2 | A second experiment included 194 women ages 18–25; 20 judges rated photos of men ages 18–25, and 6 conditions were tested. | Study of niceness versus attractiveness. | Sample sizes / design |
| Chastity rankings over time | Men's ranking of chastity fell from 10th to 16th; women's fell from 10th to 17th. | Longitudinal comparison across 57 years. | Rank change |
| Mate-value rankings over time | Men ranked female physical attractiveness 14th of 18 traits in 1939 and 8th in 1996. | Longitudinal comparison of U.S. mate preferences. | Rank change |
| Mate-value rankings over time | Women ranked male physical attractiveness 17th in 1939 and 13th in 1996. | Longitudinal comparison. | Rank change |
| Mother–infant interaction | Mothers of more attractive firstborn infants showed more affection and played longer; mothers of less attractive infants viewed them as more disruptive. | Observational research summarized by the author. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Care-time allocation | The least experienced group planned a median 175.70 minutes with an attractive infant. | Crowder and Hunter. | Median time |
| Nursing care | A 2001 study linked attractive infants' faster weight gain and shorter hospitalization partly to receiving more nurturing nursing care. | Infant-care study. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Nursing-student sample | Crowder and Hunter surveyed 85 nursing students ages 19–52; median age was 29. | Allocation of care during an 8-hour shift. | Sample size / age |
| Care-time allocation | Students with one neonatal rotation planned a median 250.01 minutes with attractive infants. | Crowder and Hunter. | Median time |
| Care-time allocation | The most experienced group planned 250.67 minutes with normal-health infants versus 197.50 minutes with low-health infants. | Crowder and Hunter. | Median comparison |
| Infant gaze preference | Infants ages 2–6 months looked longer at faces adults rated attractive. | Langlois laboratory studies. | Qualitative empirical result |
| One-year-old behavior | At age 1, children approached and played more with attractive than unattractive strangers. | Infant social-development research. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Child stereotype result | Attractive children were attributed more positive traits and better life prospects than unattractive children. | Dion and colleagues. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Child stereotype task | College students rated about 27 traits after seeing photographs of attractive, average, and unattractive children. | Dion and colleagues. | Task / measure count |
| Fairy-tale sample | Researchers analyzed 168 Grimm fairy tales. | Baker-Sperry and Grauerholz. | Sample size |
| Fairy-tale frequency | The tales averaged nearly 14 attractiveness references each. | Grimm analysis. | Mean count |
| Fairy-tale prevalence | 94% of the tales referred to physical attractiveness. | Grimm analysis. | Percentage |
| Ugliness–evil association | Almost 1 in 5 tales explicitly associated ugliness with evil. | Grimm analysis. | Proportion |
| Illustrative adolescent body target | A 5'3", 114-lb girl described wanting to reach 103 lb; her three closest friends were each under 110 lb. | Illustrative case rather than representative research. | Illustrative numeric example |
| Experimenter expectancy | In Rosenthal's early work, half the experimenters were told to expect high ratings and half low ratings. | Expectancy-effect experiment. | Experimental allocation |
| Rat expectancy | Half the handlers were told their rats were maze-bright; the other half were given low expectations. | Precursor to classroom expectancy work. | Experimental allocation |
| Pygmalion classroom design | The school study covered 18 classrooms: 3 classrooms at each of 6 grade levels. | Rosenthal and Jacobson. | Sample / design |
| Pygmalion experimental group | About 20% of students were randomly labelled as likely intellectual 'bloomers'. | Rosenthal and Jacobson. | Experimental allocation |
| Pygmalion follow-up | Students were retested 8 months later; those labelled bloomers showed greater gains. | Rosenthal and Jacobson. | Follow-up / qualitative result |
| Age comparison study | Dushenko compared children ages 10–12 with adults ages 55–75 across 9 personality traits and 5 life outcomes. | Two studies of age differences in attractiveness stereotyping. | Age ranges / measure counts |
| Beauty-is-good study | Dion, Berscheid, and Walster used 3 attractiveness levels and ratings across 27 traits and 27 occupations. | Classic stereotype experiment. | Factor levels / measure counts |
| Age comparison result | Children showed a stronger beauty-is-good stereotype than older adults. | Dushenko studies. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Peer popularity by age | After age 5, attractive boys became less popular; by age 8, attractive peers overall were better liked than unattractive peers. | Langlois-related peer studies. | Age thresholds / qualitative result |
| Preschool friendship study | Children ages 4–5 named 3 preferred classmates; early choices were driven by attractiveness, but the effect weakened by year-end. | University of Texas study. | Age / task / result |
| Dietary restriction | Children as young as age 8 restrict food because of body-image concerns. | Developmental research. | Age threshold |
| Kindergarten friendship study | Five weeks into the year, children nominated 3 best friends of the same sex and rated remaining peers. | Krantz study. | Timing / task |
| Adult overweight prevalence | About two-thirds of Americans were described as overweight or obese. | Population estimate at the time. | Prevalence |
| Body categorization | Children as young as age 3 classify people by weight/body type. | Developmental research. | Age threshold |
| Body preference | By age 5, many children prefer normal weight/build. | Developmental research. | Age threshold |
| Childhood overweight trend | Children ages 6–11 were 3× as likely to be overweight as in 1970. | CDC statistic as reported. | Relative trend |
| Girls' thinness dissatisfaction | By ages 6–8, girls show more body dissatisfaction and stronger desire to be thinner than boys. | Developmental research. | Age range / qualitative result |
| Columbine casualties | The Columbine attack killed 12 students and 1 teacher and wounded 23 people. | Historical context for bullying. | Historical count |
| Dieting prevalence | At any given time, about 60% of U.S. women and girls age 11+ reported being on a diet. | Review summarized by the author. | Prevalence |
| School aggression survey | A 2000 CNN poll surveyed 558 middle-school students; 80% admitted aggression, ridicule, teasing, name-calling, or threats in the prior 30 days. | Midwestern middle-school poll. | Sample size / percentage |
| Sixth-grade weight concern | Nearly as many sixth-graders wanted to weigh less; 1 in 6 had dieted. | Review summarized by the author. | Proportion |
| Bogus weight-feedback experiment | Participants were randomly told they were 3% lighter or 3% heavier than their real weight. | Morey and Morey (1991). | Experimental manipulation |
| Bogus weight-feedback result | Heavier feedback worsened mood among already depressed women but not among low-depression women. | Morey and Morey. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Race and body dissatisfaction | Among girls ages 11–16, body dissatisfaction rose with age for white girls but stayed relatively stable for Black girls. | Body-image research. | Age range / qualitative result |
| Sports and sexual risk | A study of 176 high-school girls linked team-sport participation with less risky sexual behavior. | Adolescent-health study. | Sample size / qualitative result |
| Safe-sex judgments | A study of 280 college students, 140 men and 140 women, found attractiveness could override sexual-history risk information, especially among men. | Mock partner-choice study. | Sample size / result |
| Dr. Fox lecture experiment | Professional educators highly rated an attractive actor delivering a meaningless lecture; no attendee detected the deception. | 1973 'Dr. Fox' experiment. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Gender difference in beauty premium | The beauty effect on evaluations was 3× larger for male professors than female professors. | Hamermesh and Parker. | Relative effect |
| Professor-evaluation beauty premium | The most attractive professors scored about 1 evaluation point above the least attractive. | Hamermesh and Parker. | Mean difference |
| Professor-evaluation sample | Students rated photographs of 94 professors. | Hamermesh and Parker. | Sample size |
| Race in professor evaluations | Minority professors of both sexes received lower evaluations than white male professors. | Hamermesh and Parker. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Hiring advantage | When candidates are otherwise equally qualified, attractive applicants are more likely to be hired; managers often interpret them as better qualified. | Hiring research synthesis. | Qualitative empirical result |
| British cohort study | Harper analyzed more than 11,000 Britons born in 1958. | Study of appearance, stature, weight, and earnings. | Sample size / birth cohort |
| British earnings penalties | Short and unattractive workers earned less; tall men earned more; obese women faced an earnings penalty. | Harper's 2000 study; the book attributes much of the gap to discrimination. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Height premium sample | Cable and Judge combined 8,590 participants across 4 U.S./U.K. studies. | Height and workplace success. | Sample size / study count |
| Average male height | Average U.S. adult male height was described as slightly above 5'9". | Context for earnings estimates. | Population average |
| Career height premium | Over a 30-year career, the compounded advantage of height was described as hundreds of thousands of dollars. | Cable and Judge interpretation. | Lifetime estimate |
| Height and performance ratings | Height raised supervisors' subjective performance ratings and was also associated with higher objective sales volume. | Cable and Judge. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Height earnings premium | Each inch above average male height was associated with about $789 more annual pay. | Cable and Judge. | Annual earnings difference |
| Cadet promotions | Facial dominance strongly predicted promotions during junior and senior years at West Point. | Mazur et al. | Qualitative empirical result |
| West Point cohort | A 1984 analysis used the U.S. Military Academy Class of 1950. | Mazur and colleagues. | Cohort / follow-up year |
| Female-lawyer starting-pay gap | Women's median starting salaries were nearly 10% below men's. | Lawyer survey. | Percentage difference |
| Lawyer sample | A 1984 national survey covered nearly 3,000 U.S. lawyers. | Saporta and Halpern. | Sample size |
| Male-lawyer body penalty | Thin and overweight male lawyers earned less than men of average build. | Saporta and Halpern. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Military follow-up | A 1989 follow-up, 5 years later, found cadet-era facial dominance significantly predicted reaching top general-officer ranks. | Mazur et al. | Follow-up / qualitative result |
| Beauty disadvantage in masculine jobs | Exceptionally attractive women were disadvantaged in jobs framed as masculine or appearance-irrelevant. | Rice University study. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Age appearance and jobs | Almost two-thirds of career advisers said male clients had lost opportunities because they looked too old. | Combe/Just For Men survey. | Survey proportion |
| Airline age policy | Malaysian Airlines required female flight attendants to retire at 40, while male attendants could stay until 55. | Company policy described by the book. | Age cutoff |
| Youthful appearance advantage | More than three-fourths of advisers said looking younger gives men a competitive advantage. | Combe/Just For Men survey. | Survey proportion |
| Abercrombie allocation | $40 million went to Black, Hispanic, and Asian workers/applicants; $10 million covered legal fees. | Employment case. | Settlement breakdown |
| Abercrombie claimants | The case involved roughly 10,000 minority claimants. | Employment case. | Claimant count |
| Abercrombie settlement | Abercrombie & Fitch agreed to a $50 million employment-discrimination settlement in 2004. | Employment case. | Settlement amount |
| Beauty earnings premium | Studies in the U.S., Canada, and China reported attractive-worker earnings premiums of 7.5%–15% over average-looking workers. | Studies from 1994 and 1999. | Percentage range |
| Dutch ad-agency sample | The study followed 289 advertising firms over 12 years beginning in 1984. | Pfann, Biddle, Hamermesh, and Bosman. | Firm count / time period |
| Dutch market coverage | The firms represented about 70% of Dutch advertising-industry revenue. | Ad-agency study. | Market coverage |
| Executive-photo sample | Researchers rated 1,282 executive photographs, averaging 2.71 photographs per firm. | Ad-agency study. | Image count / mean |
| Attractiveness scale | Executives were rated on a 5-point scale; the mean manager score was 2.80. | Ad-agency study. | Scale / mean |
| Rater panels | Two panels each had 2 men and 1 woman; one panel was age 40+, the other age 39 or younger. | Ad-agency study. | Panel composition |
| Revenue and executive attractiveness | Firms with better-looking executives billed an average 120,000 guilders more per year. | Ad-agency study. | Annual revenue difference |
| Revenue sensitivity check | Excluding a group of tiny Randstad firms, the premium rose to 188,000 guilders per year. | Ad-agency study. | Annual revenue difference |
| Top firms' appearance rank | The most successful firms employed managers rated more attractive than about 90 of every 100 executives. | Ad-agency study. | Percentile description |
| Ultimatum low offer | Offers of 20% were rejected about half the time. | Behavioral-economics baseline. | Percentage / rejection rate |
| Ultimatum-game appearance result | Men and attractive women were offered more; lower amounts were demanded from unattractive women and men. | Solnick and Schweitzer. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Ultimatum-game baseline | Typical proposers offered about 50% of the money, and roughly 10% of such offers were rejected. | Behavioral-economics baseline. | Percentage / rejection rate |
| Ultimatum-game study design | The experiment began with 70 decision-makers; 20 judges rated their photos; a later stage involved 108 participants. | Solnick and Schweitzer. | Sample sizes |
| Discipline-study result | Attractive women were punished most severely and attractive men least severely. | Workplace-discipline experiment. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Discipline-study sample | A workplace-discipline experiment used 98 students, including 36 MBA candidates. | Attractiveness and punishment for internet-shopping misconduct. | Sample size |
| Failure attribution | Managers attributed attractive employees' failure to low effort but unattractive employees' failure to bad luck or circumstances. | Employee-attribution study. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Mock-juror sample | Darby and Jeffers studied 78 college mock jurors across defendants of high, average, and low attractiveness. | Punishment recommendations. | Sample size / design |
| Attractiveness and punishment | All jurors recommended the least severe punishment for the most attractive defendants. | Darby and Jeffers. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Juror-attractiveness interaction | Highly attractive jurors punished unattractive defendants most; low-attractiveness jurors were harshest toward average-looking defendants. | Darby and Jeffers. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Bail and attractiveness | Judges set significantly lower average bail for attractive defendants. | Court study summarized by the author. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Judge–jury agreement | Kalven and Zeisel studied nearly 4,000 trials and found judges and juries agreed 78% of the time. | 225 actual juries were included. | Sample size / agreement rate |
| Leniency when judge and jury differed | When they disagreed, juries were more lenient in 19% of cases and judges in 3%. | Kalven and Zeisel. | Percentage comparison |
| Fine severity | Attractive defendants also received lower fines; the appearance effect was weaker in felony cases. | Court study summarized by the author. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Crime-type experiment | McKelvie and Coley used 384 undergraduates across 12 conditions involving murder and robbery. | Mock-sentencing study. | Sample size / design |
| Crime-type result | Attractiveness did not change sentence severity for murder or robbery, though an unattractive robber was more likely to be recommended for psychiatric treatment. | McKelvie and Coley. | Null / qualitative result |
| Sexual-harassment jurors | A study used more than 300 mock jurors. | Male employee accusing a female supervisor. | Sample size |
| Cosmetic surgery and recidivism | A 1968 inmate study found surgically improved offenders were less likely to return to jail than non-surgery or rehabilitation groups. | Prisoner appearance intervention. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Rape judgments | The book reports that attractive convicted rapists receive shorter sentences and that accusations involving attractive victims are more likely to produce guilt judgments. | Research synthesis. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Recidivism follow-up | A follow-up 10 years later found surgery did not reduce reoffending, but did reduce the probability of being returned to prison for the new offense. | Prisoner appearance intervention. | Follow-up / qualitative result |
| Sexual-harassment result | An attractive male accuser increased belief in the female boss's guilt; female jurors were less persuaded by an unattractive male accuser. | Sexual-harassment mock trial. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Minority-juror result | Black participants were more lenient toward Black defendants; Hispanic participants were harsher; white participants showed no measurable race bias in that sample. | Abwender and Hough. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Minority-juror sample | Abwender and Hough studied 207 participants from 25 post-baccalaureate programs, ages 19–51, mean age 24. | Race, juror identity, and sentencing. | Sample size / age |
| Race-salience sample | Sommers and Ellsworth recruited 196 white U.S.-born travelers ages 18–83; median age 43; 55% were male. | Airport mock-jury study. | Sample size / demographics |
| Non-race-salient conviction rates | Without race salience, 90% convicted the Black defendant versus 70% for the white defendant. | Sommers and Ellsworth. | Percentage comparison |
| Overall conviction | Nearly three-fourths found the defendant guilty. | Sommers and Ellsworth. | Proportion |
| Race-salient conviction rates | When race was made salient, 69% convicted the white defendant and 66% the Black defendant. | Sommers and Ellsworth. | Percentage comparison |
| Sentence scale | Participants chose among 9 outcomes ranging from probation to 4 years in prison. | Sommers and Ellsworth. | Scale / range |
| Beauty used in a crime | Sigall and Ostrove's 1975 experiment used a $2,200 swindle versus a $2,200 burglary and manipulated defendant attractiveness. | Mock-jury experiment. | Amount / experimental design |
| Beauty-crime interaction | The attractive defendant received a lighter burglary sentence, but attractiveness became a liability when it facilitated fraud. | Sigall and Ostrove. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Historical jury example | The Ruth Snyder jury had 12 men and deliberated about 100 minutes. | Illustrative historical case. | Historical count / duration |
| Perot vote share | The book states Ross Perot received 8% of the 1992 presidential vote. | Illustrative political example. | Vote share |
| Political weight example | Congressman John Duncan was 6'4" and approaching 300 lb. | Historical illustration. | Height / weight |
| Political weight example | William Howard Taft is described as weighing about 320 lb. | Historical illustration. | Weight |
| Campaign weight loss | Bill Clinton reportedly lost 20 lb before the 1996 campaign. | Historical illustration. | Weight change |
| Male baldness prevalence | Estimates for bald or mostly bald men older than 35 ranged from 40% to 70%. | Population estimate. | Prevalence range |
| Presidential-candidate appearance | Among 16 major-party nomination candidates in 2000 and 2004, none was overweight and all had hair. | Author's descriptive count. | Count / descriptive result |
| Candidate-face result | Attractiveness increased ratings of compassion and likability; facial dominance increased perceived competence and leadership. | Schubert study. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Congressional-candidate study | Schubert evaluated 40 candidates in the 1999–2000 congressional races. | Candidate-image study. | Sample size |
| 2000 height and popular vote | Al Gore at 6'1" won more popular votes than George W. Bush at 5'11". | Historical example. | Height comparison |
| Candidate appearance manipulation | Rosenberg's experiments involved hundreds of participants and altered candidates' appearance while holding political information constant. | Political-image experiments. | Broad sample estimate |
| Candidate-rating boost | Appearance improvements raised support by as much as 17% for women and 18% for men, across parties and issues. | Rosenberg. | Percentage effect |
| TV-era height pattern | The book's Presidential Height Index says the taller major candidate usually won the popular vote in the television era, with limited exceptions. | Historical pattern. | Qualitative empirical result |
| 2004 Democratic field — Clark | Wesley Clark was 5'10". | Candidate-height comparison. | Height |
| 2004 Democratic field — Dean | Howard Dean was just under 5'9"; he later specified 5'8¾". | Candidate-height comparison. | Height |
| 2004 Democratic field — Edwards | John Edwards was 6'0". | Candidate-height comparison. | Height |
| 2004 Democratic field — Kerry | John Kerry was 6'4". | Candidate-height comparison. | Height |
| 2004 Democratic field — Kucinich | Dennis Kucinich was 5'7". | Candidate-height comparison. | Height |
| 2004 Democratic field — Lieberman | Joe Lieberman was about 5'8". | Candidate-height comparison. | Height |
| 2004 Democratic field — Sharpton | Al Sharpton was 5'11". | Candidate-height comparison. | Height |
| Face and truth detection sample | Masip's study showed 270 undergraduates photos of 3 people: a baby-faced adult, a child, and a mature adult. | Truth/deception judgments. | Sample size / stimuli |
| Face and truth detection result | Judgment accuracy was barely above 50% chance, despite confidence in face-based impressions. | Masip study. | Accuracy / qualitative result |
| Teen media pressure | 27% of girls responding to a Teen People survey felt media pressure to have a perfect body. | Magazine survey. | Percentage |
| Beauty appeals in female-targeted media | 50% of ads in teen-girl magazines and 56% of TV ads aimed at women used beauty appeals. | Advertising content studies. | Percentage comparison |
| Cumulative advertising exposure | By age 17, a girl was estimated to have received about 250,000 commercial messages. | Advertising-exposure estimate. | Cumulative count |
| Daily advertising exposure | The average U.S. woman was said to see 400–600 advertisements per day. | Advertising-exposure estimate. | Daily range |
| Eating-disorder gender distribution | Media reports summarized by the book said 90% of teenagers with eating disorders were girls. | Broad media estimate. | Percentage |
| Explicit beauty claims | Only 9% of commercials directly mentioned beauty. | Content analysis summarized by the author. | Percentage |
| Toy advertising by gender | 50% of Saturday-morning toy ads aimed at girls referenced attractiveness; 0 aimed at boys did. | Television content analysis. | Percentage comparison |
| Camera-width effect | The book's rule of thumb says photography adds about 10% to apparent width. | Visual-production rule of thumb. | Percentage |
| Camera-width examples | A 200-lb person may appear 220 lb; a 120-lb person may appear 132 lb. | Illustrative application of the 10% rule. | Illustrative numeric example |
| Diet-industry per-capita framing | That revenue was framed as more than $1,000 for every adolescent and adult in North America. | Market estimate / per-capita framing. | Per-capita estimate |
| Diet-industry revenue | The North American diet industry generated an estimated $34–$50 billion annually. | Market estimate. | Revenue range |
| Magazine-model influence | More than two-thirds of surveyed girls said magazine models influenced their ideal body shape. | Body-image survey. | Survey proportion |
| Model percentile | A typical fashion model was slimmer than 93% of women her age. | Body-distribution estimate. | Percentile |
| Model weight gap | A typical model was said to weigh 23% less than an average woman, rather than merely 10% less. | Industry/body-size comparison. | Percentage difference |
| Probability of model thinness | An average U.S. woman age 18–34 was said to have only a 7% chance of being as slim as a fashion model. | Body-distribution estimate. | Probability |
| Supermodel percentile | A supermodel was described as slimmer than 99% of women in her age group. | Body-distribution estimate. | Percentile |
| Glamour body-image poll | A 1984 Glamour poll found three-fourths of responding women thought they were too fat. | Magazine poll. | Survey proportion |
| Teen body dissatisfaction | About half of female teenagers were said to think they were too fat; almost as many were dieting. | Expert estimate quoted by the author. | Prevalence estimate |
| Weight-loss desire | In a 1997 study of 3,452 women, nearly 9 in 10 wanted to lose weight. | Body-image study. | Sample size / proportion |
| Skin-color preference | Among 66 Black college women, 36% wanted lighter skin; fewer than half as many wanted darker skin. | Study summarized by Perkins. | Sample size / percentage |
| Martin–Gentry incentives | Participants entered drawings for two $50 prizes; the school system received $500. | Study participation incentives. | Amounts |
| Martin–Gentry local demographics | The local population was 98% white, with median family income just over $31,000 in 1997. | Study-context demographics. | Percentage / median income |
| Martin–Gentry sample | The study recruited 268 girls in grades 4, 6, and 8; 261 completed it; mean age was about 11 years 9 months. | Advertising-model comparison study. | Sample size / mean age |
| Model-rating check | Girls rated the models 5.1–6.4 on a 7-point attractiveness/fitness scale, above the midpoint of 4. | Manipulation check. | Scale range |
| Martin–Gentry exclusions | 7 girls were excluded for not completing the manipulation task. | Study attrition. | Excluded count |
| Martin–Gentry group sizes | Final groups were 51 self-evaluation (19.5%), 54 self-improvement (20.7%), 51 downward comparison (19.5%), 51 model-discounting (19.5%), and 54 control (20.7%). | Five-condition study. | Group counts / percentages |
| Martin–Gentry age result | Fourth-graders showed the lowest self-rated attractiveness and saw themselves as the skinniest; by sixth grade, girls compared themselves with models and wanted to be thinner. | Study result. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Martin–Gentry self-esteem result | Only fourth-graders raised self-esteem through favorable comparison; discounting the model's beauty reduced their self-esteem. | Study result. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Ad-model main sample | The main study used 251 women, mean age 22; 83% were white and 84% were single. | Bowers and Landreth. | Sample size / demographics |
| Ad-model pretest | Two undergraduate classes totaling 72 students rated 5 normally attractive women; 65 students in two other classes rated 5 highly attractive women. | Bowers and Landreth pretest. | Sample sizes / stimuli |
| Product-category pretest | 25 young women classified products as appearance-enhancing or problem-solving. | Bowers and Landreth pretest. | Sample size |
| Ad-model replication sample | A second sample had 145 women ages 17–22; 99% were white. | Bowers and Landreth follow-up. | Sample size / demographics |
| Model trustworthiness result | Extremely beautiful models were no more trusted than average-looking models; model–product fit mattered more. | Bowers and Landreth. | Null / qualitative result |
| Dittmar–Howard sample | The study recruited 75 fashion-advertising workers and 75 secondary teachers; about 95% were white. | Thin versus average-size models. | Sample size / demographics |
| Average-size manipulation | Researchers widened the model bodies by 25% in Photoshop to create average-size versions. | Stimulus manipulation. | Percentage manipulation |
| Dittmar–Howard ages | Advertising workers averaged age 28.2; teachers averaged 37.2. | Study demographics. | Mean ages |
| Dittmar–Howard allocation | Within each occupation, one-third saw thin models, one-third average-size models, and one-third no model. | Experimental allocation. | Group fractions |
| Pilot sample | 20 professional women checked perceived size and attractiveness of the manipulated images. | Dittmar–Howard pilot. | Sample size |
| Thin-model dimensions | Thin models had roughly 24-inch waists and wore U.S. size 2 / U.K. size 8. | Stimulus characteristics. | Body measurement / clothing size |
| Ad persuasiveness result | Attractive average-size models were as persuasive as very thin models. | Dittmar and Howard. | Null / qualitative result |
| Anxiety result | Only women who internalized the thin ideal showed anxiety; anxiety was highest after thin images and lowest after average-size images, especially among teachers. | Dittmar and Howard. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Dove global sample | Dove's 2004 study interviewed 3,200 women ages 18–64 in 10 countries. | Real Truth About Beauty report. | Sample size / age / countries |
| Dove 'beautiful' response | Only 2% described themselves as beautiful. | Dove global study. | Percentage |
| Dove self-perception | Most respondents rated themselves below average in appearance; almost half called themselves overweight. | Dove global study. | Survey result |
| Dove diversity preference | Three-fourths wanted media beauty images to include more shapes, sizes, and ages. | Dove global study. | Survey proportion |
| Overweight TV characters | Only 12% of prime-time characters were overweight. | Television content study. | Percentage |
| Female-sitcom result | Heavier female characters received more negative comments, and those comments were associated with audience laughter. | Fouts. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Female-sitcom sample | Fouts analyzed 37 central female characters; 92% were white. | Two episodes from each of 18 sitcoms. | Sample size / demographics |
| Male-sitcom sample | A follow-up examined 75 central male roles across 27 sitcoms; 97% were white and 3% Black. | Fouts, February 1999 programming. | Sample size / demographics |
| Female underrepresentation | Only 7% of female sitcom characters were overweight versus about 25% of North American adult women. | Fouts. | Percentage comparison |
| Male body jokes | In a 2002 study, 9% of central male sitcom characters received negative body references; frequency was not tied to weight or audience laughter. | Fouts. | Percentage / null result |
| Male underrepresentation | 13% of male sitcom characters were above-average weight versus roughly 30% of North American men. | Fouts versus health statistics. | Percentage comparison |
| Male-sitcom weight distribution | 33% of male characters were below-average weight, 54% average, and 13% above average. | Fouts. | Percentage distribution |
| Missing-person prevalence | A tiny fraction of 1%—still thousands of people—were said to disappear each year. | Broad population estimate. | Prevalence / count |
| U.S. population context | The U.S. population was described as nearly 300 million. | Context for missing-person coverage. | Population estimate |
| Tsunami mortality | The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was said to have killed about 250,000 people. | News-coverage context. | Historical estimate |
| TV news volume | Television outlets typically devoted about 1 hour per day, plus a few weekly hours, to news. | Media-schedule estimate. | Time allocation |
| Iraq War opinion | More than two-thirds of U.S. adults were said to support the Iraq War based on claims later challenged by the author. | Political-media example. | Survey proportion |
| Debt claim | The book attributes about $700 billion of added national debt to tax cuts for the wealthy. | Political-media example. | Fiscal estimate |
| Child weight-loss attempts | About 1 in 8 elementary children reported trying to lose weight. | Same data. | Proportion |
| Dietary restraint by age 12 | By age 12, nearly 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 12 boys showed fasting or dietary restraint. | Child-eating data. | Proportion / age |
| Elementary weight desire | Half of elementary-school children wanted to weigh less. | Steiner-related data summarized by the book. | Prevalence |
| Family information source | Three-fourths cited family as the main source of dieting information. | Same data. | Proportion |
| Intergenerational symptoms | By age 5, many children of mothers with eating disorders already showed similar symptoms. | Steiner and colleagues. | Age threshold / qualitative result |
| Bulimia prevalence | More than 2 million U.S. adolescent girls and young women were said to have bulimia. | Population estimate. | Prevalence count |
| Bulimia study sample | The dissociation study compared 76 current/former bulimics with 37 never-bulimic controls. | Groth-Marnat and Michel. | Sample sizes |
| Dissociation result | Current bulimics had the highest dissociation; former bulimics were between current cases and controls; no clear link to reported childhood sexual abuse was found. | Groth-Marnat and Michel. | Qualitative empirical result |
| High-dissociation subgroup | 21 participants scored high enough for structured diagnostic interviews. | Groth-Marnat and Michel. | Subgroup count |
| Anorexia mortality | The book reports anorexia mortality of 6%–10%. | Psychiatric mortality estimate. | Mortality range |
| Bulimia gender/age | Upwards of 90% of bulimics were described as women in their teens or early twenties. | Population estimate. | Percentage / age |
| Age of onset | 86% reported onset by age 20. | Foundation figures. | Percentage / age |
| Duration | 77% experienced the disorder for 1–15 years. | Foundation figures. | Percentage / duration |
| Eating-disorder mortality | The same source estimated 10%–22% of diagnosed patients die because of the disorder. | Foundation figures. | Mortality range |
| Eating-disorder prevalence | The Anna Westin Foundation estimated 7 million U.S. women and 1 million men had eating disorders. | Foundation figures quoted by book. | Prevalence counts |
| Eating-disorder suicide | The same source estimated 2%–5% of diagnosed patients die by suicide. | Foundation figures. | Suicide range |
| Inpatient cost | Inpatient eating-disorder treatment could cost $30,000+ per month. | Foundation figures. | Monthly cost |
| Outpatient cost | Outpatient care could exceed $100,000 per year. | Foundation figures. | Annual cost |
| Terri Schiavo weight loss | Schiavo reportedly lost about 65 lb around high-school graduation. | Illustrative case. | Weight change |
| GI Joe proportions — 1991 | By 1991, the figure's waist had shrunk to 29 inches and arms expanded to 16 inches. | Media-toy body ideal illustration. | Body measurements |
| GI Joe proportions — earlier | Scaled to 5'10", an earlier GI Joe had a 32-inch waist, 44-inch chest, and 12-inch arms. | Media-toy body ideal illustration. | Body measurements |
| Male fitness magazines | Availability increased from roughly 2–3 titles 15–20 years earlier to at least 6 titles in ordinary stores. | Media trend. | Count / time trend |
| Male-model exposure | In the 1960s, fewer than 10% of male models in Glamour and Cosmopolitan appeared bare-chested or partly undressed. | Magazine-content analysis. | Percentage |
| BDD onset | Body dysmorphic disorder symptoms appeared at an average age of 16 years 4 months; the large study covered girls as young as 9 and women up to 23. | BDD research summarized by the book. | Mean age / range |
| Family-risk result | Family appearance pressures had stronger effects on women prone to anxiety and internalization. | Canadian study. | Qualitative empirical result |
| Family-risk study | A Canadian study analyzed interviews/questionnaires from 158 healthy young women. | Family appearance pressure and eating-disorder risk. | Sample size |
| Botox volume | More than 2.8 million Americans received Botox injections in 2004, 25% more than the prior year. | ASAPS statistics. | Procedure count / growth |
| Botox dose | Medavoy reportedly received 86 units, described as the largest Botox dose she had received. | Illustrative case. | Dose |
| Botox treatment cost | Irena Medavoy reportedly paid up to $1,000 per treatment. | Illustrative case. | Cost per treatment |
| Botox procedures | Botox led nonsurgical procedures with 3,181,592 treatments. | ASAPS 2006. | Procedure count |
| Consumer spending | Americans spent just over $12 billion on cosmetic procedures in 2006. | ASAPS statistics. | Annual expenditure |
| Counterfeit-toxin casualties | A physician and 3 patients—4 people total—were paralyzed after injections of a concentrated unapproved botulinum toxin. | Criminal/counterfeit case. | Count |
| Counterfeit-toxin distribution | The counterfeit supplier sold more than 3,000 vials. | Criminal/counterfeit case. | Unit count |
| Counterfeit-toxin economics | A $30,000 investment reportedly generated $1.7 million. | Criminal/counterfeit case. | Investment / revenue |
| Counterfeit-vial pricing | A counterfeit vial covering 5 doses sold for $1,250; approved Botox was about $560 for a single-dose vial; the fake vial cost under $10. | Criminal/counterfeit case. | Price / cost comparison |
| Growth since 1997 | Nonsurgical procedures rose 747% and surgical procedures 98% from 1997 to 2006. | ASAPS statistics. | Growth rates |
| Hyaluronic-acid/peel procedures | The book lists 1,593,554 hyaluronic-acid chemical-peel procedures. | ASAPS 2006; wording in the book may combine categories unusually. | Procedure count |
| Total cosmetic procedures | Nearly 11.5 million surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures were performed in 2006. | ASAPS statistics. | Procedure count |
| Abdominoplasty | Abdominoplasty totaled 172,457 procedures. | ASAPS 2006. | Procedure count |
| Breast augmentation | Breast augmentation totaled 383,886 procedures. | ASAPS 2006. | Procedure count |
| Breast reduction | Breast reduction totaled 145,822 procedures. | ASAPS 2006. | Procedure count |
| Eyelid surgery | Eyelid surgery totaled 209,999 procedures. | ASAPS 2006. | Procedure count |
| Female growth | Women's nonsurgical procedures increased 749% and surgery 123% from 1997. | ASAPS statistics. | Growth rates |
| Female share | Women accounted for 92% of 2006 cosmetic procedures. | ASAPS statistics. | Percentage |
| Laser hair removal | Laser hair removal totaled 1,475,296 procedures. | ASAPS 2006. | Procedure count |
| Laser resurfacing | Laser skin resurfacing totaled 576,509 procedures. | ASAPS 2006. | Procedure count |
| Liposuction | Liposuction totaled 403,684 procedures. | ASAPS 2006. | Procedure count |
| Male volume and growth | Men received nearly 1 million procedures; nonsurgical volume rose 722%, while surgery fell 2% from 1997. | ASAPS statistics. | Count / growth |
| Microdermabrasion | Microdermabrasion totaled 993,071 procedures. | ASAPS 2006. | Procedure count |
| Filler durability | Matridex was said to lose 30%–50% of correction; Restylane dissipated in 6–9 months and lasted roughly twice as long as collagen. | Product claims/doctor commentary. | Percentage / duration |
| Duragesic prescriptions | More than 4 million Duragesic prescriptions were filled in 2004. | Drug-use statistic. | Prescription count |
| Fen-phen deaths | The book says dozens of heart-related deaths were reported before fen-phen was withdrawn. | Drug-safety context. | Broad death count |
| Fen-phen heart-valve cases | The Mayo Clinic reported 24 patients with heart-valve disease after fen-phen. | Drug-safety context. | Case count |
| Fentanyl deaths | Regulators investigated more than 230 deaths involving fentanyl. | Drug-safety context. | Death count |
| FDA review panels | Plan B was reviewed by 3 FDA offices and 2 outside advisory panels; all recommended over-the-counter approval. | FDA/GAO political-interference example. | Review count / unanimous recommendation |
| Breast augmentation cost example | One patient paid $4,000 for breast augmentation. | Florida clinic case. | Illustrative cost |
| Florida clinic claimant group | 23 patients sought compensation from one cosmetic-surgery center. | Florida Center for Cosmetic Surgery. | Claimant count |
| Florida clinic referrals | The center said more than 80% of procedures came through referrals. | Clinic claim. | Percentage |
| Florida clinic settlements | Since 2000, the center/doctors had settled with at least 18 patients. | Malpractice history. | Settlement count |
| Florida cosmetic-surgery deaths | At least 36 people died from cosmetic-surgery complications in Florida from 1997–2004. | State-level count. | Death count / period |
| Florida temporary ban | The medical board sought a 90-day ban on performing outpatient liposuction and tummy tucks within the same 14-day period. | Regulatory response. | Duration / interval |
| Two-procedure special | A patient paid $5,000 for breast implants plus thigh liposuction. | Florida clinic case. | Illustrative cost |
| Liposuction mortality | About 20 per 100,000 U.S. liposuction patients died from 1994–1998; the book says this exceeded motor-vehicle mortality and was one-eighth the 1970s rate. | Mortality estimate. | Mortality rate |
| Hospital deficiencies fine | A hospital fine totaled $20,000, calculated as $2,000 for each of 10 deficiencies. | Olivia Goldsmith/medical oversight context. | Fine / count |
| Spain procedure volume | Spanish surgeons performed about 350,000 cosmetic procedures per year, trailing only Brazil and the U.S. | Medical-tourism context. | Annual procedure count |
| Unlicensed-surgeon complaints | After one complaint, 35 more women came forward; authorities said 36 was unlikely to be the final count. | Gregorio Nosovsky case. | Complaint count |
| Cindy Jackson procedure count | Cindy Jackson looked Barbie-like after 9 procedures and reported 28 operations in total. | Illustrative repeat-surgery case. | Procedure count |
| Extreme breast size | One woman's breasts were described as about 10 lb each and requiring a size 48 triple-M bra. | Illustrative extreme-procedure case. | Weight / clothing size |
| Porn performance pay | Jen X reportedly earned $1,700 for a porn scene to fund surgery. | Illustrative financing example. | Payment |
| Repeat breast surgery | She reportedly underwent 30 surgeries on the right breast alone. | Illustrative extreme-procedure case. | Procedure count |
| BDD prevalence | The book estimates as many as 3 million Americans may have body dysmorphic disorder. | Population estimate. | Prevalence count |
| Corrective surgery frequency | Elaine Young reportedly underwent corrective operations every 6 months. | Illustrative complication case. | Frequency |
| Designer procedure prices | Other marketed genital procedures cost $3,800–$6,000 each. | Practice/market example. | Price range |
| Vaginal-surgery fees | Fees ranged from $6,500 to $8,500. | Practice example. | Price range |
| Vaginal-surgery workload | One surgeon performed 2–3 surgeries per day on 2–3 days per week. | Practice-volume example. | Frequency |
| Clinical rarity | An OB/GYN reported performing only 2–3 labioplasties in 16 years because severe hypertrophy was rare. | Clinical comparison. | Count / duration |
| Associate network | By early 2005, Matlock had enrolled more than 40 associates internationally, adding about $3 million to his income. | Licensing/training business. | Count / revenue |
| Practice revenue | In 2006, Matlock claimed $3 million gross revenue from 360 cases. | Practice economics. | Revenue / case count |
| Surgeon-training price | Matlock's 4-day physician course cost close to $10,000, followed by $2,500 monthly for 2 years—about $70,000 total. | Licensing/training business. | Price / duration |
| Global beauty advertising | In 2003, the worldwide beauty sector spent $32–$40 billion on advertising and generated more than $160 billion in sales. | Economist estimate. | Advertising / sales range |
| Magazine advertising | Magazine advertising in the first half of 2007 totaled $11,838,362,224—nearly $12 billion. | Publishers Information Bureau. | Half-year expenditure |
| Marketing package | A cosmetic-surgery marketing campaign cost practices $3,800 per month plus local television airtime. | Advertising package. | Monthly cost |
| Plastic-surgeon advertising | By 1990, plastic surgeons spent about $30 million on advertising, excluding media airtime. | Industry advertising. | Annual expenditure |
| Professional membership | In 2007 ASAPS had about 2,400 member surgeons; ASPS had more than 6,000. | Professional-association counts. | Membership count |
| U.S. advertising totals | Total U.S. ad expenditure was $149.6 billion in 2006 and projected at $152.3 billion in 2007. | TNS Media Intelligence. | Annual expenditure / forecast |
| U.S. cosmetic-surgery market | Cosmetic surgery was described as a $20 billion U.S. business. | Industry estimate. | Market size |
| Botox versus master's degrees | 3,181,592 Botox injections were described as 660% more than the number of master's degrees. | Comparative framing. | Counts / percentage |
| Degrees versus procedures | About 1.8 million Americans received bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees in a comparable year, roughly one-sixth the number receiving cosmetic procedures. | Comparison using education statistics. | Count / ratio |
| Liposuction versus master's degrees | 403,684 liposuctions equaled about 85% of 481,118 master's degrees. | Comparative framing. | Counts / ratio |
| Procedure growth 1997–2003 | Surgical procedures by ASAPS members rose more than 220% from 1997–2003. | Association statistics. | Growth rate |
| Procedure growth 1997–2006 | The chapter also describes 11.5 million procedures in 2006, a 446% increase since 1997. | Association statistics. | Count / growth |
| Procedure growth 2003–2004 | They rose another 44% from 2003–2004. | Association statistics. | Growth rate |
| Aesthetic equipment market | The global equipment market was about $600 million annually and growing more than 20% per year. | Market estimate. | Market size / growth |
| Laser/skin-care spending | Consumers spent about $8 billion per year on laser and skin-care procedures by 2005. | Market estimate. | Annual expenditure |
| Nivea geographic reach | Nivea marketed products in 150 countries. | Corporate scale example. | Country count |
| Personal-care forecast | Datamonitor forecast 23.1% growth to $309 billion by 2011. | Market forecast. | Growth / forecast value |
| Personal-care market | The global personal-care market reached $251.1 billion in 2006. | Datamonitor. | Market size |
| China beauty market | China's beauty market was projected to reach $13 billion by 2009. | Market forecast. | Forecast value |
| China consumer research | L'Oréal conducted about 35,000 consumer interviews annually in China. | Corporate research volume. | Annual interview count |
| Global cosmetics market | Industry insiders valued cosmetics and grooming at more than $230 billion. | Market estimate. | Market size |
| L'Oréal 2006 sales | L'Oréal generated $15.8 billion in sales in 2006. | Corporate revenue. | Annual revenue |
| L'Oréal footprint | L'Oréal operated in more than 100 countries, with more than 60,000 employees including over 2,000 chemists. | Corporate scale. | Countries / employees |
| L'Oréal quarterly sales | Second-quarter 2007 sales were $5.86 billion; annualizing that pace implied more than $23 billion. | Corporate revenue. | Quarterly / annualized revenue |
| Makeup concentration | 6 multinationals controlled 80% of U.S. makeup sales. | Industry concentration. | Firm count / market share |
| R&D intensity | Beauty-industry R&D was described as one-fifth or less of pharmaceutical-industry R&D intensity. | Industry comparison. | Relative ratio |
| Skin-care concentration | 8 brands controlled more than two-thirds of the skin-care market. | Industry concentration. | Brand count / market share |
| Avon claim | Cellu-Sculpt advertising claimed a 1-inch reduction from thighs in 4 weeks. | Advertising claim, not validated by the book. | Product claim |
| Shiseido claim | Body Creator advertising claimed more than 2 lb of fat loss in 1 month without diet or exercise. | Advertising claim, not validated by the book. | Product claim |
| Shiseido sales velocity | At launch in 2002, Japanese consumers reportedly bought one bottle every 3.75 seconds. | Product-sales claim. | Sales frequency |
| Late-life surgery example | The chapter mentions an 88-year-old woman undergoing breast reduction. | Illustrative age example. | Age |
| Ariaal population | The media-isolated Ariaal community studied was described as roughly 10,000 people. | Cross-cultural body-image illustration. | Population count |
| Dove workshop age range | Dove's Real Beauty Workshop for Girls targeted ages 8–12. | Program description. | Age range |
| Appearance-law examples | The epilogue notes that Michigan covers height/weight discrimination and Washington, D.C. covers personal appearance; Santa Cruz is also cited. | Legal examples; no prevalence data. | Legal-policy example |
| Height case example | A fictional/clinical illustration describes a 41-year-old, 5'6" male executive whose nearly 10-year marriage ended 4 years earlier. | Illustrative case, not population evidence. | Illustrative numeric example |
