A STUDY ON VIETNAMESE MEN’S BODY CLASSIFICATION IN HO CHI MINH CITY

Abstract

This study used 34 anthropometric data from anthropometric surveys on 1106 Vietnamese men between the ages of 18 and 60 by Size Stream full-body body scanner, in which men aged 18 to under 30 accounted for 65.82 %. The results of the study are as follows: Three independent factors were extracted using factor analysis. K-means cluster was applied and classified into two body groups. Group 1 accounts for the proportion of 60.4% and has anthropometric characteristics as thin body type, short upper body, long arms, horizontal and small shoulders. Group 2 accounts for the proportion of 39.6% and has anthropometric characteristics as tall and fat body, short arms and legs, long torso with broad shoulders and back, and the sloping shoulders were. The obtained results show that men between the ages of 18 and under 30 is mainly in the thin group, while the ages of 30 and 60 has a relatively even distribution between lean and fat. This study contributes to the study of basic data for avatar on virtual design software, at the same time contributes to the research and development of a digital sizing system for Vietnamese mature male.