RAMSIS - New body dimension data from the USA and Canada available

The results of the Size NorthAmerica series measurement are available in the database for RAMSIS Standalone NextGen – the digital human model can now be optimally used for ergonomic analyses of the American market. Size NorthAmerica offers the latest representative body dimension data of the population in the USA and Canada.

Around 14,000 people were measured in the USA and a total of more than 55,000 body scans were collected. The available body dimension data is divided into nine age groups, four regions and five ethnic groups. Body height ranges from 99 to 203.9 centimetres, weight from 17.7 to 229.7 kilograms. Sociodemographic data were also collected in the course of the study.

Compared with the US NHANES III study from 1990, accelerated to 2008, the average changes are as follows:

Average BMI alarmingly high

However, even more clearly than the pure body measurements, another value shows how much the population of the USA has changed – the Body Mass Index (BMI). It is the highest average value ever determined in a series measurement and proves that the proportion of overweight people in the USA is significantly higher than in other nations: more than half of the adult population is too heavy! Particularly challenging for the industry: The spectrum of different BMIs is very large in the USA and is distributed differently from region to region – for example, the BMI in the western USA is significantly lower than in the Midwest.

You want to know more about Size NorthAmerica's results? Get in contact with us! contact@human-solutions.com

For customers in North or South America and Canada, please contact our US-Team: contact.usa@human-soluitons.com