Abstract
In order to obtain measurements of clothing for obese children from the viewpoint of clothing construction, we studied the character of obese children's somatotype in comparison with normal children's.
This study consisted of 11 body part measurements of 402 boys and 540 girls aged from 7 to 18 (measured in 1966 and 1967). The measured items were stature, back shoulder width, bust girth, waist girth, hip girth, neck base girth, upper arm girth, upper thigh girth, weight, skinfold of upper arm and skinfold of back.
The results are as follows :
(1) Obese children are remarkably superior to normal children in weight, skinfold and girth measurements-bust girth, waist girth, hip girth, upper arm girth and upper thigh girth.
(2) Comparing with girth measurements of the trunk of obese children, their back shoulder width and neck base girth are relatively small.
