Greco-Arab system of medicine is based on fundamentals postulated by Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.). Besides other concepts, the humoural and temperamental (mizaj) theories are the back-bone of this system and a very important base-line of Tibb is the concept of Mizaj-e-Insani (human temperament) which revolves around the diagnosis and treatment modalities as well as specific constitution of an ind...

Men overestimate the degree of muscularity that is attractive to women, and women overestimate the degree of thinness that is most attractive to men. Consistent with the thesis that sociocultural input influences such body type preferences and beliefs, we postulated that magazines aimed at a male audience would portray a more muscular male body ideal than would magazines aimed at a female audie...

Employing a United States sample of 5,810 Yahoo heterosexual internet dating profiles, this study finds race-ethnicity and gender influence body type preferences for dates, with men and whites significantly more likely than women and non-whites to have such preferences. White males are more likely than non-white men to prefer to date thin and toned women, while African-American and Latino men a...

The determination and promotion of garment size systems require a knowledge of the proportions of the human body i.e. of anthropometric measures of a certain population. In order to create and promote a garment size system it is necessary to establish a correct relationship between the body parts or body measures. Possible interregional body differences are often neglected in the process, altho...

In an effort to improve the fitness of youths, extensive "body building," "conditioning," or "toughening" programs have been advised and developed. Unfortunately little has been done to evaluate the effectiveness of these programs. Our experience with the testing of athletes2' 4 strengthened our belief that in order significantly to increase fitness a body-building program would have to be stre...

The purposes of this study were to compare the kinematic variables in youth swimmers during the grab start between sexes and to investigate the relationship between body composition and kinematic variables of the participants. Six female (Mage = 13.71 ± 0.49 yrs) and seven male (Mage = 14.00 ± 1.07 yrs) swimmers participated in this study. All participants were required to perform grab start te...

Background and Study Aim. It is believed that the somatotype a predictor of indicators functional readiness. There are significant differences in aerobic performance body for people different somatotypes among students girls men. Features manifestation anaerobic possibilities an organism at persons various from 7 to 30 years old described. We can assume women first adulthood period somatotypes,...