The concept of somatotypes is based on the understanding that everyone is born with a body type. Body type, or somatotype, is inherited and expresses itself as skeletal structure and body composition.

Everyone knows that we can view the broad structures of our bones in the body by taking X-rays. Yet that's just scratching the surface. Science now has a host of new imaging and characterization ...

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