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Adolescent Changes in Body Build by Nancy Bayley & Read D. Tuddenham - 1944There are several reasons for studying body
build--some of them at least as old as Heraclitus, others of recent
development. An early interest was in relating specific types of build
to tendencies toward certain physical diseases. More or less associated
with this interest was the study of body types in their observed
(or assessed) relationship to variations in temperament and to pathological
manifestations in mental disease. More recently psychologists
have studied the possible relationships between physique and various
aspects of personality among normal individuals. Still another recent
approach to the study of body build is in the interest of gaining more
adequate estimates of nutritional status. It has become evident that,
as a measure of nutrition, weight in relation to height does not take
into account the wide differences which exist in skeletal build and in
the proportions of the body and its extremities.To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below: | This article originally appeared as NSSE Yearbook Vol 43, No. 1. |
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