Ideal body shape in young Japanese women and assessment of excessive leanness based on allometry

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-110

  Takasaki, Yuji ^a   Fukuda, Tokiko ^a   Watanabe, Yumi ^b   Kurosawa, Tomoko ^c   Shigekawa, Keizo ^d  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAKASAKI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^c Seirei Women's Junior College   (Japan)

^d Japan Red Cross Akita Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Boundary weight; Criteria of leanness; Ideal body weight; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY DENSITY; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; THINNESS;

EID: 0037706745     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.22.105     Document Type: Article

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