Many artists and scientists have been trying for several years to unravel the secrets of the human body, looking for perfect proportions of man. This question remains open today, since at a subconscious level, each of us strives for harmony and perfection.
Ideal proportions of man
The answer to this difficult question is very simple. First of all, the ideal proportions of a person should be in harmony, taking into account his physique, height and age.
If you carefully examine your body, you will notice that the distance from the wrist to the beginning of the elbow is equal to the size of the foot. The length of the leg (including the foot) will be equal to the length of the thigh, and the patella will divide the leg into two completely equal lobes.
The femur is definitely longer than the shin, and it is longer than the foot. Also, the forearm is shorter than the humerus, but longer than the hand. A downcast hand will reach with your fingertips to exactly half the thigh.
The unit length of the human body is usually taken as the length of the head. The ideal parameters for the ratio of the length of the head and the height of the human body are 1/8 and 1 / 7.5 in men and women, respectively. Recently, there has been a tendency to change the proportions of the body, and today a 1: 9 ratio for a person is considered the norm.
Ideal proportions of a person's face
A person’s face, like his body, must have strict proportional proportions:
- the distance from the border of the hair to the beginning of the chin should be 1/10 of the person’s height;
- the length from the top of the head to the beginning of the chin should be 1/8 of the person’s height;
- the distance from the beginning of the chin to the tip of the nose is 1/3 of the length of the entire face;
- the distance from the border of the hair to the eyebrow line should be 1/3 of the length of the face;
- the length of the ears is equal to 1/3 of the total length of the face.
This pattern can be traced on the face of each person. But in life, people with ideal face proportions are quite rare. As a result of some deviations from perfect proportions, individual facial features arise . That is why all people are different.
Change in the proportion of a person with age
With age, body proportions change. Children noticeably differ from adults in a long body, short legs and a large head. So, in a newborn, the length of his head is 1/4 of his height, in two years - 1/5 of his part, in six years - 1/6 of his part, and in an adult - already 1/8 of his part. As you can see, only as they grow older the proportions of the child begin to correspond to an adult.
The main body types
Knowing the size of the body, you can calculate the type of physique of a person. The calculation is quite simple and is done using the value of the PI index (Pigne).
To calculate the Pinier index, it is necessary to summarize body weight and chest circumference. Next, from the value of the body length, you need to subtract the result obtained above.
If the Pinier index is 30 or more, then the person belongs to the asthenic type and has a thin physique.
If the index is equal to a value of 30, then a person can be attributed to the athletic type with a normal physique.
If this index is less than 10, then the person belongs to the picnic type with an obese physique.
Research results
As a result of numerous studies, it was proved that the proportions of the human body directly affect the duration of his life. This fact was argued by scientists from the UK in conjunction with the German Institute for Healthy Nutrition. Experts conducted studies on the relationship between the risk of premature death and body proportions and came to the unanimous conclusion that with a large waist circumference, the likelihood of premature death increases.
Conclusion
Almost all parts of the human body have certain proportional proportions, but their values ​​can have individual deviations. If your proportions do not match the ideal parameters, do not worry. Indeed, the main qualities in a person are his personality, harmony and health!