Information about Body Type
Body type has several meanings:
- A description of any kind of human body shape using general body descriptors: slim, fat, tall, petite, wide-shouldered, pear shaped, etc.
- A system devised by William Sheldon classifying humans into three different body types, (ectomorphic, endomorphic, and mesomorphic) sometimes used in modern weight training and exercise; see somatotype
- A classification system developed by Elliot Abravanel in the 1970s and 1980s that classifies an individual based on his or her glandular metabolism.
- Body typing is used in Ayurvedic medicine.
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SLIM is developed at the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF) and is a slitless spectroscopy simulator programme created to produce simulated ACS grism and prism images.
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Obesity
Classification & external resources
Silhouettes representing healthy, overweight, and obese.
ICD-10 E 66.
ICD-9 278
DiseasesDB 9099
MedlinePlus 003101
eMedicine med/1653
MeSH C23.888.144.699.
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Classification & external resources
Silhouettes representing healthy, overweight, and obese.
ICD-10 E 66.
ICD-9 278
DiseasesDB 9099
MedlinePlus 003101
eMedicine med/1653
MeSH C23.888.144.699.
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Small can refer to the following:
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- Something very gracious
- Something of low size.
- Minuscule, or lower case, is the small form (case) of a letter
- SMALL, an ALGOL-like programming language
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Pear-shaped is a metaphorical term with several meanings, all in reference to the shape of a pear, i.e. tapering towards the top and rounded at the bottom.
The oldest usage from the Oxford English Dictionary (OED
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The oldest usage from the Oxford English Dictionary (OED
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William Herbert Sheldon (November 19, 1898 – September 17, 1977) was an American psychologist and numismatist.
Born in Warwick, Rhode Island, Sheldon distinguished himself in both fields; in psychology, Sheldon pioneered the use of anthropometry in the development of
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Born in Warwick, Rhode Island, Sheldon distinguished himself in both fields; in psychology, Sheldon pioneered the use of anthropometry in the development of
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The three somatotypes—endomorphic, mesomorphic, and ectomorphic—are basic classifications of animal body types according to the prominence of different basic tissues types, roughly: digestive, muscular, and nervous tissues.
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Elliot D. Abravanel is an American physician and diet counselor, who developed the Body Type system for weight loss and overall wellness. Based on the M.D.'s experience with the "Skinny School" program in the 1970's and 1980's, the Body Type program was first introduced to
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Ayurveda (Devanagari: आयुर्वेद) or Ayurvedic medicine is an ancient system of health care that is native to the Indian subcontinent.
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Constitution type or body type refers to a type of physique from any empirically or theoretically derived classification system or typologies. The systems are believed to provide some guidance to creating medical, nutritional, psychotherapeutic, or exercise programs for the
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