Physique and Occupation of Men admitted to Mental Hospitals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11176154 |
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| Authors | R W Parnell (Medical Research Council), H C A Somerset (Medical Research Council) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 130-146 |
| Publication date | 1962-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-005X • E-ISSN: 1470-2738 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/jech.16.3.130 |
| PMID | 14484002 |
| OpenAlex | W2030640615 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
In sociomedical studies, and more especially now that infectious diseases have declined, greater atten- tion is being directed to the personal qualities and characteristics that are associated with greater dis- position to illness. Physique is one of these qualities and it has the advantage of being measurable. Anthropometry can provide in fact a useful lever into the complex reasons why particular individuals choose particular occupations; and also why parti- cular consequences may follow the adoption of, say, an active or sedentary occupation. If muscularity contributes to self-selection for manual and active occupations, and if sedentary occupations predispose to obesity, it might be thought appropriate to mea- sure such physical qualities directly. These measures need not replace traditional measures of body size employing height and weight, but by laying greater emphasis on body shape and content they may be found to correlate more closely with physiological function and behaviour. Social class and other group discrepancies in height and weight, so often attributed to environmental influence, do not necessarily result from such factors alone
Anthropometry · Body weight · Obesity · Value (mathematics) · Medicine · Occupational Therapy Practice and Research · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
| Highly cited | No |
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