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For the city that produced the author, activist, actor and 19-time All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a bookish ectomorph with MVP-level talent is not entirely unheard of.
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Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
Moore, who will be a Boston College freshman, is on this journey as an ectomorph: tall, lean, designed to burn calories.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Overall, a high-protein diet with balanced amounts of carbohydrates and fats is typically beneficial for most ectomorphs.
—Laura Schober, Health, 6 Feb. 2025
Reeves shares that hypertrophy, or muscle gain, can be difficult for ectomorphs.
—Essence, 10 Jan. 2025
However, Rumsey says most people fall into one of three body types—the ectomorph, the endomorph, and the mesomorph.
—Korin Miller, Glamour, 19 June 2017
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Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
Moore, who will be a Boston College freshman, is on this journey as an ectomorph: tall, lean, designed to burn calories.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Overall, a high-protein diet with balanced amounts of carbohydrates and fats is typically beneficial for most ectomorphs.
—Laura Schober, Health, 6 Feb. 2025
Reeves shares that hypertrophy, or muscle gain, can be difficult for ectomorphs.
—Essence, 10 Jan. 2025
However, Rumsey says most people fall into one of three body types—the ectomorph, the endomorph, and the mesomorph.
—Korin Miller, Glamour, 19 June 2017
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“Ectomorph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ectomorph. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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ectomorph
noun
ec·to·morph
ˈek-tə-ˌmȯrf 
: an ectomorphic individual
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