Size North America - The New North American Anthropometric Survey

Size NorthAmerica is the new North American anthropometric survey, the latest and most representative survey of 18,000 men, women, children and elderly people of the United States and Canada. It is the largest civilian size study to date that provides over 100 body measurements, compliant with ISO 8559 and ISO 7250, and extensive socio-demographic information of all participants. For the first time ever, a representative number of children 6-18 and elderly people >65 years is collected. It is also the only size survey that includes a representative amount of people with different ethnic backgrounds from different regions of both countries. The size survey has been conducted over the last two years by Human Solutions of North America, Inc. partnering directly with industry and universities. The United States portion is finished, and data is available. 14,460 persons have been scanned and surveyed across the USA. A data pool of 57,840 whole body scans, far more than double the number of scans compared to any other survey. These representative results form the basis for an up-to-date anthropometry database including a secular growth prognosis model which will last until 2040. All data is delivered by means of the online-portal iSize, easily accessible through www.portal.i-size.net. The portal provides partnering companies access to all results, with comprehensive functionality for data analysis. The purpose of this paper is to give an overview on the still on-going project and to describe the data that has been collected and processed so far for the USA population.