Differences in Head Height of the Kindergarten Children
摘要
The canons of the human body and the established head-to-body ratio have been the subject of research in art and science throughout the centuries. However, head-to-body proportions in children, which could develop new knowledge about anthropometry and facilitate later application in product design, have not yet been confirmed. To determine children's canon and head height, a study was conducted in which kindergarten children from 2 to 7.5 year of age participated in three major cities (countries): Sofia (Bulgaria), Skopje (N. Macedonia), and Zagreb (Croatia). It was concluded that there are differences in the growth of head height concerning the age and gender of the child, and they follow the expected growth curve of children, and on aver-age the differences are greater in boys.