Contents: 1. Anthropometry - an introduction. 2. Body measurements (anthropometry). 3. Muscles and muscle management. 4. Body composition -- anthropometric assessment. 5. Anthropometric measurements. 6. Body composition, somatotype and growth type during childhood. 7. Exercise and body composition. 8. Aerobic capacity. 9. Qualitative analysis of sports movements.

Today, anthropometry plays an important role in industrial design, clothing design, ergonomics and architecture where statistical data about the distribution of body dimensions in the population are used to optimize products. Changes in life styles, nutrition and ethnic composition of populations lead to changes in the distribution of body dimensions (e.g., the obesity epidemic), and require regular updating of anthropometric data collections.