{
  "id": 4638670,
  "title": "Most women wear shoes that don't match their feet, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/most-women-wear-shoes-that-dont-match-their-feet-study-finds",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-31T11:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-women-dont-feet.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Most women in a new RMIT University study wore shoe sizes that differed from the size indicated by their foot length, highlighting the limitations of conventional sizing systems in accounting for differences in foot width and shape. The study of 107 women found 72% wore a different size under U.S. sizing and 65% under EU sizing.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}