Kate Hudson, rumored to have gained 60 pounds when she was pregnant, wore a sheer Chanel blouse and floor-length skirt cut to show off her four-month-expecting physique at the 2003 Venice Film Festival.

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"We've got a snapshot of the population from the 14th Century - we'll look for signs that they'd done a lot of heavy, hard work, which will show on the bones, and general things about their health and their physique, " he added.

BBC: Science & Environment