A presentation made to the EAA Congress and Satellite Congress on Jan. 18/2006 European Anthropological Association

1. William D Ross Scientific Director Rosscraft Innovations Incorporated Surrey BC Canada Allometry, Dimensionality and Human Proportionality: Implications for a new generation of Health Professionals Western Washington University 18 January 2007

2. Origins of the Study of Human Growth Edith Boyd (1895-1977).

4. Departed but never forgotten Otto Eben was one of the greatest human biologists of his or any generation. He was a friend to all and a pathfinder who assembled pristine evidence in abundance and used all the methods for the study of human growth. 130 years from now, he will be regarded as we do Adolph Quetelet to-day. Ottó Eiben ( 1931 – 2004 )

7. The Phantom, Fig 3: is a unisex reference human described by over 100 lengths, breadths, girths, skin fold thicknesses, whole body and fractional masses (P-values) and ascribed standard deviation distances (S-values) based on an arbitrary human population. Derived from the literature and internal constraints, the Phantom serves as a calculation device to obtain proportionality scores (z-values) that are used to compare individual or group proportionality characteristics. Obtained raw scores are usually but not necessarily scaled geometrically to a standard stature .

9. Kinanthropometry A scientific specialization for human biology and the health professions To foster 1) optimal growth and development of all the children of all the people 2) health and vigor of adults throughout their life span Kinanthropometry Movement Human Measurement Gross Function Maturation Commerce Nutrition Composition Government Performance Proportion Education Exercise Shape Health Growth Size Implications for: to understand: for study of : Relevance Application Specification Identification

11. Otto Eiben, the mentor to many The impulse for her classical paper on proportional growth of infants was a result of her participation in one of Otto Eiben’s memorable symposia on human biology.

14. 3 months deflection point inference and hypothesis

18. Three-dimensional graphics unordered ordered x = years of age y = subjects z = velocity cm yr

19. Growth and perinatal insults A heuristic is a replicable method or approach for directing one's attention in learning, discovery, or problem-solving. It is originally derived from the Greek "heurisko" (εὑρίσκω), which means "I find". (A form of the same verb is found in Archimedes' famous exclamation " eureka! " – "I have found [it]!” Often one needs only one example to suggest many solutions and applications in the health professions, Creativity is largely a matter of having different perspectives and making the mental conjunction

21. IFBB World Championships 9 ½ in mesomorphy

29. 15 yr vs 28 yr to Phantom

30. 15 yr old vs 28 yr old

32. What can we infer?

39. Volume 1 1. Human Variability 2. Status & Change 3. Body Composition 4. Allometry & Dimensionality 5. BMI: conspiracy of ignorance 6. O-Scale , updated software 7. Comprehensive bibliography 8. Quote un Quote 9. Links 10. Rosscraft Sales & Service A compendium of what’s what and why . . .

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