How to Analyze People on Sight

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Physical Rotundity

A general rotundity of outline characterizes this type. He is round in
every direction. Fat rolls away from his elbows, wrists, knees and
shoulders. (See Chart 1)


The Fat, Overweight Individual

Soft flesh thickly padded over a small-boned body distinguishes the
pure Alimentive type. In men of this type the largest part of the body
is around the girth; in women it is around the hips. These always
indicate a large nutritive system in good working order. Fat is only
surplus tissue--the amount manufactured by the assimilative system over
and above the needs of the body.

Fat is more soft and spongy than bone or muscle and lends to its wearer