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PECAUTIONS DURING MEASUREMENTS

1. THE BODY WEIGHT MUST BE TAKEN ON PERFECT WEIGHING MACHINE
2. WHILE TAKING BODY WEIGHT, WEAR MINIMUM REQUIRED CLOTHS
3. HE MUST BE BARE FOOTED, BODY SHOULD BE IN STRAIGHT POSITION

CALCULATION OF WAIST-HIP RATIO

FORMULA IS = WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE/HIP CIRCUMFERENCE

INCASE OF A MALE WEIST HIP RATIO IS MORE THAN 1.00, HE IS AT THE HEALTH RISK, INCASE OF FEMALE WEIST HIP
RATIO IS MORE THAN 0.85, SHE IS AT THE HEALTH RISK.

WEIST-HIP RATIO IS USED AS A RISK FACTOR ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR HEART DISEASES, HYPERTENSION AND TYPE II
DIABETES. EXCESS BODY FAT IS CONSIDERED A RISK FACTOR FOR THE DEGENERATIVE DISEASES.

SAMATO TYPES OR BODY TYPES ( ENDOMORPHY, MESOMORPHY AND ECTOMORPHY)

THERE ARE VARIOUS TYPES OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES SO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHARACTERSTICS ARE REQUIRED
IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES, GAMES AND SPORTS. CLASSIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS ARE VERY ESSENTIAL.

CLASSIFICATION BY HIPPOCRATES

IT WAS A FAMOUS PHYSICIAN OF GREECE. HE CLASSIFIED INTO FOUR MAIN GROUP

1. PHLEGMATIC:, 2. SANGUINE:, 3.CHOLERIC:, 4.MELANCHOLIC:

CLASSIFICATION BY ERNEST KRETCHMER

INDIVIDUALS ARE CLASSIFIED THREE MAIN BODY TYPES:

1. PYKNIC: , 2. ASTHENIC: , 3. ATHLETIC:

CLASSIFICATION BY WILLIAM HERBERT SHELDON

1. ENDOMORPHY:,2. MESOMORPHY: ,3. ECTOMORPH:

MEASURING SOMATOTYPE OR BODY TYPES

SOMATOTYPE OR BODY TYPE IS MEASURED BY USING HEALTH-CARTER MEASUREMENT SYSTEM IN WHICH RATING
FOR ENDOMORPHY, MESOMORPHY, ECTOMORPHY ARE CALCULATED USING VARIOUS ANTHROPOMETRIC
MEASUREMENTSGENERALLY AMOUNT OF EXERCISES CAN’T BE CHANGED THE BODY TYPES BUT MINOR CHANGES
ARE POSSIBLE WHICH USUALLY DEPEND ON CALORIES INTAKE, FAT INTAKE AND REGULAR EXERCISE.

MEASUREMENT OF HEALTH RELATED FITNESS

1. CARDIOVASCULAR ENDURANCE
2. MASCULAR STRENGTH
3. MASCULAR ENDURANCE
4. FLEXIBILITY
5. BODY COMPOSITION