Your frame size can be easily found

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: All my life I have wondered how people arrive at their body frame. I hear so many give their weight and then say, “My body frame is large, so I can carry all that weight.” Will you tell me what they base their frame size on? — M.K.

ANSWER: I think many people determine their “frame” size by looking in the mirror and declaring they have a large frame.

A simple way of classifying yourself as having a large, medium or small frame is to wrap your thumb and middle finger of the opposite hand around the dominant wrist. (If right-handed, wrap the left hand fingers around the right wrist; just the opposite for a leftie.)

If the fingertip of the middle finger and thumb tip touch, you have a medium frame.

If there’s a space between them, you’ve a large frame. If they overlap, you’ve a small frame.