Constitution type or body type can refer to a number of attempts to classify human
body shape
Human body shape is a complex phenomenon with sophisticated detail and function. The general shape or figure of a person is defined mainly by the molding of skeletal structures, as well as the distribution of muscles and fat. Skeletal structure ...
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Humours (Ayurveda)
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Somatotype
Somatotype is a highly disputed taxonomy developed in the 1940s by American psychologist William Herbert Sheldon to categorize the human physique according to the relative contribution of three fundamental elements which he termed ''somatotypes' ...
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William Herbert Sheldon
William Herbert Sheldon, Jr. (November 19, 1898 – September 17, 1977) was an American psychologist and numismatist. He created the field of somatotype and constitutional psychology that correlate body types with Temperament, illustrated by hi ...
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Paul Carus's character typology
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Ernst Kretschmer
Ernst Kretschmer (8 October 18888 February 1964) was a German psychiatrist who researched the human constitution and established a typology.
Life
Kretschmer was born in Wüstenrot near Heilbronn. He attended Cannstatt Gymnasium, one of the o ...
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Elliot Abravanel
Elliot D. Abravanel is an American physician and diet counselor, who developed the ''Body Type'' system for weight loss and overall wellness. Based on his experience with the "Skinny School" program in the 1970s and 1980s, the Body Type program i ...
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Sasang typology
The ''Sasang'' constitutional medicine (Hangul: 사상의학. Hanja: 四象醫學) or ''Sasang'' typology is a typological constitution medicine of Traditional Korean medicine. It was systematized by Yi Je-ma in his book ''Longevity and Life Pr ...
by Je-Ma Lee
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Bertil Lundman
Bertil J. Lundman (September 28, 1899, Malmö – November 5, 1993) was a Swedish anthropologist.
Early life
Lundman was born on September 28, 1899, in Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of S ...
's racial classification system
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Female body shape
Female body shape or female figure is the cumulative product of a woman's skeletal structure and the quantity and distribution of muscle and fat on the body.
There is a wide range of normality of female body shapes. Female figures are typical ...
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Enterotype
An enterotype is a classification of living organisms based on the bacteriological composition of their gut microbiota. The discovery of three human enterotypes was announced in the April 2011 issue of ''Nature'' by Peer Bork and his associates. T ...
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Habitus (disambiguation)
Habitus may refer to:
* Habitus (biology), a term commonly used in biology as being less ambiguous than "habit"
* Habitus (sociology), embodied dispositions or tendencies that organize how people perceive and respond to the world around them
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Phrenology
Phrenology () is a pseudoscience which involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits.Wihe, J. V. (2002). "Science and Pseudoscience: A Primer in Critical Thinking." In ''Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience'', pp. 195–203. C ...
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Physiognomy
Physiognomy (from the Greek , , meaning "nature", and , meaning "judge" or "interpreter") is the practice of assessing a person's character or personality from their outer appearance—especially the face. The term can also refer to the general ...
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Body shape