In a general way, the measurements are measurements of parts of the body.

One often gives following measurements at the Femme: Turn of chest - Waist measurement - Hip measurement (in Centimetre S). To supplement the turn of chest, the Bonnet, indicated by a letter, the depth of the chest gives. Its measurements make it possible to give each other an idea of the silhouette of the person in question and allow him to have references to be dressed.

There exist various systems of measurements: the American system , the British system (measurements in inches), the system Australia N, the system French and the international System.

Ideal measurements

A good indicator of health is the report/ratio waist measurement/hip measurement. It must be lower than 1 for the man and 0,8 for a woman. The mass of grease is distributed differently among the men and women. It accounts for 10 to 15% of the body weight of the man and 20 to 25% of the weight of the woman. She generally accumulates on the abdomen and the thorax at the man, on the hips and the thighs at the woman. In both cases, the overweight is harmful because it involves mainly cardiovascular problems at the man and articular at the woman.

Anecdote

Measurements of famous the Poupée Barbie are unrealistic. Indeed, on human scale its measurements would be: 95-56-82 cm, which is impossible to reach (neither by cosmetic surgery nor by a Draconian Régime) except very exceptional case. Its measurements were recently re-examined with the fall.

See too

• Sizes and sizes in clothing
• Turn of chest
• Waist measurement

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