I propose a comparison-induced distortion theory account of body-size judgments wherein verbal body-size comparisons (e.g., "Kimberly is thinner than Jane," Choplin & Hummel, 2002, 2005) bias judgments of body-sizes. Two experiments tested predictions of this account. Unpredicted by previous models, Experiment 1 demonstrated that verbal comparisons affect body-size judgments even though the dis...
