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Size and body image play an important role in both how one is perceived by others and in how one perceives the world. The above model, "Size—The Other Diversity" illustrates the many ways in which size, in both tangible and more transparent ways, overlaps with the other dimensions of diversity as suggested by Loden.

More specifically, we advocate that size and body image are universally relative to all cultures, races, genders, class, religions, ages, etc... Therefore, the bulk of our work is focused on including size as more than simply a condition of which society must avoid, ignore, seek to transform, resist, struggle, and contend. In fact, the model strongly suggests that size itself should not be viewed as a social problem but is instead as a legitimate dimension of diversity that merits a full body of interdisciplinary scholarship and research.

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