Human Adaptation to High Altitude Body Proportion Analysus using Phantom Model

Altitude variation in body proportion was studied on the basis of data collected on 345 Bod boys ranging in age from 120to 18 years. High Altitude (3514m) sample (m= 233) was collected from the town of leh (ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India) and villages in its vincinity, Whereas low altitude (1200m.2000m) sample (m=112)was collected from the kullu valley (Himachal Pradesh, India). Higher Proportionate lean body mass, bicondylar humerus, and lower proportionate fat and skinfolds indicate that the body proportion of the high lander Bods is suited to undertake hard work under the rarefied atmosphere and difficult terrain.Even the rich fat diet and the advantage of fatty layer in the cold climate has not allowed an increase in fat depositions Highlander Bods have higher lung functions and they have strong relationship with the chest dimeshions.it seems justified thet the enlarged chest may be a structural modification to the function.It is also evident from the results that different body measurements respond differently to the stress of high altitude.some measurements depict retardation, while others show advancement in growth.Also the environmental response is not uniform in all high altitude populations.the differences ecosensitivity.Socio-cultural factors, and degree, kind and amount of stress

Biology · Effects of high altitude on humans · Geography · Meteorology · Physical geography · Demography · Mathematics · Winter Sports Injuries and Performance

• Ecology and Human Physiology in Ladak

  S L Malik, Indera P Singh•People of South Asia•1984

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