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Different body types (somatotypes) (A) Ectomorph, (B) mesomorph, (C) endomorph. A B C

Different body types (somatotypes) (A) Ectomorph, (B) mesomorph, (C) endomorph. A B C

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Introduction: Human body types (somatotypes) are classified into ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph. The ectomorphs are physically weak and usually tall. Mesomorphs were characterized as muscular, thick skinned with good upright posture. Endomorphs characterized as fat, heavy, and usually short. Methods: This study is an interventional study, in...

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... on the assessment and observation, the participants were categorized as ectomorph (Group -A), mesomorph (Group -B), and endomorph (Group -C) which are shown in Figures 1A-C, respectively. The characteristics of the subjects was shown in Table 1. ...

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... In general, the human body type is divided into three, namely mesomorph, endomorph, and ectomorph [2]. Endomorph type characterized as tending to be fat, heavy, and usually short [3] , while the mesomorph is muscular and the ectomorph is thin [4]. An example in this case is that somatotype overweight and obese people [5], found to be endomorphic mesomorph, mesomorphendomorph, and mesomorphic endomorph. ...
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... Somatotype is a parameter used to measure and determine body composition (Chiu et al., 2021;Das et al., 2021;Ibáez-Zamacona et al., 2019;Khairil et al., 2021;Khairunnisa Balqis et al., 2020;Subramanian et al., 2019;Sukmawarti et al., 2019). In general, human body types are divided into three, namely mesomorph, endomorph, and ectomorph (Drywien et al., 2016;Kathirgamam et al., 2020). The endomorph type is characterized as tending to be fat, heavy, and usually short (Kathirgamam et al., 2020), while the mesomorph is muscular and the ectomorph is thin (Rahmah et al., 2020) (Khairil et al., 2021. ...
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