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http://dx.doi.org/10.5143/JESK.2007.26.4.103

Categorization of the Body Types and Their Characteristics of Obese Korean Men  

Nam, Jong-Yong (Department of Industrial Systems and Information Engineering, Korea University)
Park, Sung-Joon (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Namseoul University)
Jung, Eui-S. (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Namseoul University)
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Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea / v.26, no.4, 2007 , pp. 103-111 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to categorize and analyze the body shape of obese Korean men that are needed for industrial design. Using the anthropometric data that were surveyed through the 5th Size Korea project, this study was conducted in four steps mostly through the multivariate statistical analysis. In the first step, Broca, BMI, WHR indices are used to define obesity and select obese men from Korean adults and teens. After 34 human anthropometric variables are supposed to be related to obesity were extracted through an expect survey. In the second step, a factor analysis was executed for those human anthropometric variables. Through this analysis, we obtained the human body factors that are related to the representation of obesity. Then the third step, we used a cluster analysis from the result of the factor analysis. And ANOVA analysis was also conducted to obtain the critical obese human anthropometric variables. In the final step, we found the characteristics of the body types of obese men according to clusters and ages. The body types of obese men classified in the study are expected to be applied to product design for clothing, furniture, automobile packaging, etc.
Keywords
Obese Men; Human Body Types; Multivariate statistical analysis;
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